Old Electric Line Insulators

Insulators were first developed in the mid 1800s to be used on telegraph and telephone lines to contain the electrical current and prevent the current from entering the ground below.

Old electric line insulators.

Ending saturday at 10 27am pdt 13h 5m. In 1850 companies such as hemingray bookfield and whitall tatum started producing glass insulators for telegraph lines telephone and power transmission lines later on. Lot of 13 antique vintage glass electrical insulators. 1 16 of 216 results for antique glass insulators 3drose ht 155955 2 blue glass electric insulator iron on heat transfer for white material 6 by 6 inch 2 6 out of 5 stars 5.

Great light electric blue cd 162 h g co signal style glass insulator 27 308 75 11 00 shipping. Add some decorative ribbon or thread and you ve got a gorgeous upcycled candle holder. An electrical insulator is a material. Insulators were originally designed to keep the wires linking telegraphs and telephones insulated from the wooden poles that held them aloft.

Their sole purpose was to insulate the wire from the wood reason for which materials such as glass porcelain or composite polymer materials had been chosen. Vintage brookfield telephone telegraph insulator greenish blue 3 cast into top. Ending saturday at 2 22pm pdt 6d 13h. In conjunction with the expansion of rural electrification in the early 20th century there was a major boom in the manufacturing of insulators with production peaking from the 1920s through the 1940s when millions of hemingray dominion and.

Make offer great light electric blue cd 162 h g co signal style glass. Brown ceramic vintage electric telephone pole insulator. The spring fits quite nicely around the tapered top edge and creates a wide stable base. Lot of 8 antique vintage insulators glass clear blue green hemingray beautiful.

Upcycle a glass insulator as well as an old mattress spring. Vintage brookfield 21 blue green glass usa telephone line insulator. Make offer vintage. Vintage insulators are most commonly made out of porcelain or glass materials and they come in a wide variety of colors and shapes making each item a unique.

6 power line telephone pole 10 000 lb. Vintage 1948 locke electrical insulator. A rusty bed spring and a vintage aqua glass insulator make a cute little votive holder. Make offer lot of 8 antique vintage insulators glass clear blue green hemingray beautiful.

Homedecor insulator light lamp recycled upcycled vintage design. Make offer ex large brown ceramic 3 tier high voltage electric insulator vintage 12lb. Today there are over 2000 collectors and insulator clubs national shows and good reference books are available. In the mid 1960 s a few people began collecting these glass and porcelain insulators.

Glass insulators were first produced in the 1850 s for use with telegraph lines. Antique vintage glass insulators lot of 8 different types and colors.