Well here are the insulators that were dug up from the hole. Most of these are damaged but, I was able to uncover 5 mint CD 251 Hemingrays in clear and 3 Hemingray 43's along with the JD suspension disks.

A low angle shot of the glass suspensions. Maybe I'll add a ...

Just got these glass suspensions from Dan Brown, they are probably made by McGraw Edison. Glass has a slight greenish ...

Another M-3725 lies near some discarded suspension strings. Alas, this one has a chunk out of the skirt on the bottom.

This power line has green suspensions and a couple of brown deltas on top. The deltas are there just to stop the wires from touching each ...

Here are some Carnival "sombreros" in use in Arizona. From the ground, they look like dirty clear, but when the sun hits them just right, they really come alive.

I recently found this old blue VICTOR suspension insulator in Arizona. Note the logo under the rim. That would date it to around the time the line was upgraded to 115 KV, 25 cycles, about 1912. The line originally ran ...

... are what look to be 1930's blue J-D suspensions in use at Hoover Dam on the Arizona side ...

These are part of my collection, They are pretty large and heavy. I keep them outside on the patio, as you can see.

This is a glass suspension insulator that my husband brought home to me. He is a lineman, and was changing out insulators somewhere in Gibson, La. Can anyone tell me how old it is, and the value? It has markings on it ...

This is a glass suspension insulator that my husband brought home to me. He is a lineman, and was changing out insulators somewhere in Gibson, La. Can anyone tell me how old it is, and the value?

Same place as other picture of suspension insulators on Thompson Pass but a close up. WHEW !!!! What a climb ;-)

These are found on the Montana side of Thompson Pass into Idaho

Here is a close-up of the unusual end fitting that combines a deadend for wires and a connection for another suspension insulator, if desired.

These are early Victor suspension insulators made by Locke at Victor, NY from about 1910 to about 1922. Note the letter "P" to the left of the marking. One insulator is brown and the other is bluish-gray. The ...

... with brown ones in the same row of suspensions, maybe for marking or identification purposes...I was lucky to retrieve it in 1982 when they ...

This is a close-up of the Jeffery-Dewitt 6" suspension still in service around the corner from my house.

Here is a Jeffery-Dewitt 6" suspension still in service around the corner from my house.

A green glass suspension disc from 1994. Right now I don't know who manufactured it and I know for sure it's not made in Sweden.

... , later multi's, some bizarre early suspensions, Pyrex flappitybacks, and even a modern post type or two found their way onto the line before it ...

162 Hemingray suspended in span. Still in service.

here's some nice colored suspensions I picked up that were used in British Columbia. Not bad looking for something modern ...

Here are some beautiful suspension insulators I picked up over the last couple of years. The aqua one was bought at the 2000 Western Regional, and I'm sworn to secrecy as to where that gorgeous carnival one came from. :)

... back here. One is an older set of suspensions (used rather well) and the other is the newer and more used set of bells I have in service nowadays ...