Here is a view of the underside. It is a cemented, two-piece suspension with a diameter of 14". They were hooked together with a clevis pin. Patent info from Elton Gish is the next picture

This old cone-shape, porcelain suspension insulator was found in a backyard-- being used as a hot tub cover weight. It is incused: VICTOR PAT'D FEB 25 '08 According to the 80-year-old seller, it was taken out of service ...

An assortment of suspensions, one pin-type, # 6 copper clevis dead-ends, Kearneys (Split-bolts) and a pair of the older aluminum ...

... finds include 2 cutouts, 6 strings of suspensions, 1 fiberglass fish and one bowl shaped pintype ...

... 4 more strings of 1990 & 1991 LOCKE suspensions. Again rated at 5,000 lbs. I have a total of 6 strings that I got today ...

The two suspension strings are 1990 & 1991 LOCKE 5000 lb. Here is one of the suspension disks.

I picked up this string recently from another ICON member. An interesting way of building your own suspension or dead end insulators.

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I bought this HUGE suspension off eBay not too long ago. The Diameter of the shell is 12 inches and it is 10 inches high. It weighs in at 27 lbs ! It is in amazing shape and one of my most prized insulators :) If anyone ...

... in the air. I also saw lots of aqua suspensions (pics did not come out very well). All of these were just a few miles from the National in PA ...

... arm that used to carry phone lines. The suspensions are glass ...

60KV switch units, more glass suspensions ...

Sediver suspensions and multi-parts at the south end of the substation ...

... quot;New" Locke suspensions ready for installation. These were salvaged from a 60 KV line being rebuilt in Byron, Ca. in 1987 ...

This OB strain yoke has twelve strings of 180 suspension disks for a 10,656-foot river crossing.

This OB strain yoke has six strings of 20 suspension disks for a 4,805-foot river crossing.

Ohio Brass had recommendations of up to 20 disks in a suspension string. This photo shows a string of 18 disks being installed. It is from the 1953 OB catalog.

This photo from an Ohio Brass catalog shows a string of 10 suspension disks being tested at 500,000 volts

This substation is used to power water pumps at a flood control station on Lake Labish, near Salem, Oregon. A 57,000 volt P.G.E. Co. line comes in from a nearby town just to serve this substation. It must use a whopping ...

... Pyrex, Sediver glass and OB porcelain suspensions, along with Thomas and Locke Multi-parts ...

Taken during one of New England's infamous snowstorms during the past couple years; here is a photo of one of our suspension style streetlights which light up the middle of the driveway.

Another view of the green disc, this one a view from its side. The center of this one is really rounded, almost like a ball! Suspension insulator and discs is not my specialty, but this "petite" disc is just ...

Here is another power transformer and suspension-type discs used as dead ends. Note the blue sky! It does happen occasionally! Again, see the angle iron crossarm. [IFONA]

Beautiful DC suspensions. The difference between the standard fog profile and DC profile is that the first inner skirt ...

Avery nice close up of some glass suspensions. If you would like to see anymore line photos, just visit www.freefoto.com and click on the (power ...