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Got out today went to the park nothing special then I saw where they where tearing up the street to put in a drainage pipe. Being wet a inch of muddy clay was sticking to the soles of my boots but I saw some glass and for it. It went on top of rural street lights in the late 1800’s.
“Antique turn of the century aqua color HEMINGRAY/No 9 (R-Skirt) glass rural telephone insulator. It is embossed with prismatic font, bearing its name, model no. and the patent date May 2, 1893 for the drip points.”
“This insulator answered the needs of rural telephone line work for many years. Using only nine ounces of glass, it has a maximum leakage path which approaches standard long-distance insulator design. The long, inner surface of the skirt is not easily wet by rain splash from the cross-arm. The long skirt helps protect the pin itself from rain."
"Its design allowed fast economical production; a smooth, flawless surface and a perfectly fitting thread in the glass."
“Antique turn of the century aqua color HEMINGRAY/No 9 (R-Skirt) glass rural telephone insulator. It is embossed with prismatic font, bearing its name, model no. and the patent date May 2, 1893 for the drip points.”
“This insulator answered the needs of rural telephone line work for many years. Using only nine ounces of glass, it has a maximum leakage path which approaches standard long-distance insulator design. The long, inner surface of the skirt is not easily wet by rain splash from the cross-arm. The long skirt helps protect the pin itself from rain."
"Its design allowed fast economical production; a smooth, flawless surface and a perfectly fitting thread in the glass."
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