O-B tan multiparts

By Mike Parker; posted April 14, 2004

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It is pretty tough to find an Ohio Brass multipart in all tan, but once in a while one comes close. Here are a couple of O-B tans that reside in my yard and are now being overtaken by the spring flowers. The M-2611A in the foreground is almost all tan but for the black glaze swirls on the lower shell. The M-3536 3 part has a bright tan center shell, but that's all. I remember seeing it in service in the '80's and talked a lineman out of it during the line teardown. In the background is a Thomas M-3335. Both O-B's have permanent electricity leakage marks on the glaze, more visible on the tan glaze, of course. If anyone has a theory on why this is so common on old O-B power porcelain, I am interested, just e-mail me, thanks.

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