Three porcelain insulators from Australia. The centre CD 1584 is the largest at H 2 5/8 X 2. The cable top on the left is 2 1/2 X 2 1/8. The little hat on the right is 2 1/8 X 2 1/8.
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Posted by James Mulvey on March 30, 2002 - 0.2kb
Four porcelain spools from Australia. ( H X W) 2 1/8 X 1 3/4; 2 X 1 1/2; 1 1/4 X 1 1/4; 1 3/8 X 1 1/4; All are indented top and bottom except # 3 which has a flat top.
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Posted by James Mulvey on March 30, 2002 - 0.2kb
Location: Owlpen Manor, between the manor house and the little town of Uley, in the Cotswolds. These were abandoned in place when the open wire was replaced by cable. We saw loads of these in white, light brown, and ...
Posted by Steve McCollum on March 6, 2002 - 0.3kb
Location: Owlpen Manor, between the manor house and the little town of Uley, in the Cotswolds. These were abandoned in place when the open wire was replaced by cable. We saw loads of these in white, light brown, and ...
Posted by Steve McCollum on March 6, 2002 - 0.3kb
... 0.000006 and according to the Web, porcelains vary around 0.0000053 and 0.0000067, depending on formulation, so somewhat higher temps should not ...
Posted by Steve McCollum on March 6, 2002 - 1.4kb
These glass and porcelain insulators were located behind the house we rented at Ownpen Manor in the Cotswolds.
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Posted by Steve McCollum on March 6, 2002 - 0.1kb
I found this little one not far from my home in Milano.
The strange is that, according to the overseas porcelain books, this type, but larger, was found in Australia.
Any hints from Down South?
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Posted by Guido Boreani on February 27, 2002 - 0.2kb
A very ancient insulator from Italian telegraphs. Split crown and high wire groove were typical of early telecommunication insulators in this Country. The pinhole terminates about 2/3 height of the insulator, leaving a ...
Posted by Guido Boreani on February 19, 2002 - 0.3kb
This is a close up of the signature on the porcelain piece. The other piece appears to be plastic or perhaps Nylon.
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Posted by Jim Sinsley on February 2, 2002 - 0.1kb
I have heard of maybe six of these still in existence, they were produced as a trial and installed to prove their worth pitted against three porcelain types. the glass failed dismally but gave rise to the CD ...
Posted by Brett & Cindy Bidwell on January 8, 2002 - 0.2kb
Hi there - I have NO information on this porcelain insulator. A couple of folks mentioned they thought it was foreign - any ideas?? I have two of these, both identical to the other, NO markings of any kind. The stripe ...
Posted by Sally McDonald on December 23, 2001 - 0.3kb
This what I collected on my road trip this weekend. 2 x CD 490, 2 x neat Porcelain H.V. pieces, 1 x CD 423, 1 x CD 430, 1 x U-1158 (powder blue), U-1158 (Jap, blue ink stamp), U-1503 (Slaters Acme, circa 1880) and a CD ...
Posted by Brett & Cindy Bidwell on December 11, 2001 - 0.3kb
6 non glass/porcelain insulators 2 x Mica / asbestos composites, 2 x U.S made Rubber, 2 x Bakelite ( 1 used, 1 un-used ).
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Posted by Brett & Cindy Bidwell on December 3, 2001 - 0.1kb
My beloved Japanese made, ink stamped porcelain, all found in Australia, Some can still be seen still in use.
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Posted by Brett & Cindy Bidwell on November 19, 2001 - 0.1kb
The short porcelains found in Australia......and again ...
Posted by Brett & Cindy Bidwell on November 19, 2001 - 0.1kb
The short porcelains found in Australia ...
Posted by Brett & Cindy Bidwell on November 19, 2001 - 0.1kb
A selection Brown, White, Beige & Blue Porcelain found in Australia.......with a couple of ring ins from other countries..
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Posted by Brett & Cindy Bidwell on November 19, 2001 - 0.1kb
Here we have 4 insulators from left to right: England (GPO), France, Italy (TS stands for Telefoni dello Stato, or State owned Telephones) and Germany (Rosenthal). The German one is a power piece, and the ones from ...
Posted by Fredrik Höjefält on October 31, 2001 - 0.4kb
This is a very old telegraph pony from the very first generation of this type of insulators, recognized on the protruding inner skirt. It's probably from around 1870 and marked Rörstrand, a famous Swedish porcelain ...
Posted by Fredrik Höjefält on August 8, 2001 - 0.2kb
Hard to believe that this U-1549 might have been a toilet bowl had it been made somewhere else.
Thankfully, this batch of porcelain was made into an *insulator* and installed on a British rail line instead. ...
Posted by Craig Johnson on August 7, 2001 - 0.2kb
A very old porcelain telephone pony marked Ginori from Italy.
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Posted by Guido Boreani on August 1, 2001 - 0.1kb
This is a rather big spool from circa 1935 used when the Swedish State Railways was electrified. The manufacturer is IFÖ, a Swedish company who manufacture "technical" porcelain (insulators, toilet seats :)) ...
Posted by Fredrik Höjefält on July 31, 2001 - 0.2kb
A part of my collection of both power pieces and telephone insulators. Most of them are made in Sweden, but there are also some from Norway, Germany, Japan and, I think, England.
Please feel free to contact me what you ...
Posted by Fredrik Höjefält on July 31, 2001 - 0.2kb
A great Aussie Dry-spot, Rick Soller now has one of these two, Hi Rick!! These can still be found in use in Newcastle Australia
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Posted by Brett Bidwell on July 30, 2001 - 0.1kb
