Found this in a dumpster today outside of my local power utility office. And to think, someone was just going to pitch this beauty away...
Posted by Jason Stevens on April 3, 2003 - 0.1kb
... like it's going to be a good crop of suspensions this year ...
Posted by Bill Ostrander on March 29, 2003 - 0.1kb
This is the first midspan pole. If you remember, the old pole was nine feet tall. The bottom arm is now at about 11 feet above ground. The top arm is empty, it sits at the 14 feet above ground. This is the tallest pole ...
Posted by Eian Greene on March 5, 2003 - 0.4kb
... .. but here they are used as real suspensions. This is in southwest Arizona ...
Posted by Bill Ostrander on March 1, 2003 - 0.1kb
... Arizona, here are some Pyrex carnival suspensions used as dead-ends ...
Posted by Bill Ostrander on March 1, 2003 - 0.1kb
... Arizona, here are some Pyrex carnival suspensions used as dead-ends ...
Posted by Bill Ostrander on March 1, 2003 - 0.1kb
... the pole. You can see the 2 remaining suspensions on the top. I may go back later to get them ...
Posted by (private) on February 17, 2003 - 0.1kb
This is the first climb with my new spike shoes. I spotted an abandoned electricity pole a while ago but I've now been able to climb it since my shoes were made. The result is a double glass suspension. The shoes were ...
Posted by (private) on February 17, 2003 - 0.3kb
... "up". Why do we call them suspensions. Just kidding ...
Posted by Lee Lickiss on February 11, 2003 - 0.1kb
I'm trying to figure a way to get these "unsightly" things removed and replaced with "sky tone units".
Posted by Jim Decker on February 10, 2003 - 0.1kb
115 KV twin circuit tower with some great looking glass. These run right through the mall and Home Depot parking lots. Different angle..
Posted by Jim Decker on February 10, 2003 - 0.1kb
115 KV twin circuit tower with some great looking glass. These run right through the mall and Home Depot parking lots. Getting closer.
Posted by Jim Decker on February 10, 2003 - 0.1kb
115 KV twin circuit tower with some great looking glass. These run right through the mall and Home Depot parking lots.
Posted by Jim Decker on February 10, 2003 - 0.1kb
Tremendous Yellow Green Suspensions
Posted by Ron Jenkins on January 29, 2003 - 0.0kb
Nice colored early VICTOR suspension insulator marked as shown in . It is in good shape with a small skirt flake, tiny flash over mark, and rust on the cap. These were most likely made in the early teens and have very ...
Posted by Bob Berry on January 19, 2003 - 0.3kb
Here is the marking on this early suspension - VICTOR and R=OO (Infinity) -- great early mottled glaze. See for the suspension itself.
Posted by Bob Berry on January 19, 2003 - 0.1kb
Near Copco lake on the Oregon-California border, there is a single-wire line that ran from the power plant up over the rim along the flume. It was supported in many places with a single suspension insulator. Here is one ...
Posted by Bill Ostrander on January 12, 2003 - 0.2kb
Near Copco lake on the Oregon-California border, there is a single-wire line that ran from the power plant up over the rim along the flume. It was supported in many places with a single suspension insulator.
Posted by Bill Ostrander on January 12, 2003 - 0.2kb
This takes the term a little too far.
Don't know when or where this photo came from
Posted by Rich Mullins on January 11, 2003 - 0.1kb
Here is a pair of suspensions I recently came across. Does anybody recognize them? Kind of a Robin's Egg Blue, smudged underglaze ...
Posted by Ryan Empson on December 29, 2002 - 0.5kb
When I found the negative, I thought it was a suspension insulator. After scanning it, I realize it was a wall tube used to pass high voltage power cable through a building wall. The photograph was taken on 7-9-1932 at ...
Posted by Elton Gish on December 23, 2002 - 0.3kb
This is a close-up view of the lattice tower suspension insulators pictured here . The lime green color is like the McLaughlin lime greens-- very nice.
Posted by Colin Jung on December 12, 2002 - 0.2kb
here are 2 of 3, odd Pittsburg suspensions I recently found with a friend near my home in western Washington State. These small suspension ...
Posted by Ed Sewall on December 10, 2002 - 0.3kb
The suspensions ...
Posted by Zoltán Drinóczi on November 22, 2002 - 0.0kb
... horn at the bottom of a string of suspensions. I've seen and photographed one or two still in use in Wisconsin but have only recently come across ...
Posted by Rick Soller on November 19, 2002 - 0.6kb
