Westermann Hatch

You’ll also discover it with a wire groove with a flat surface for the line. Nonetheless, like many other people prior to and right after it, it has gone extinct and is no longer employed. Can you give me some hints as to where I can come across insulators/not from antique shops/flea markets.

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The A.G.M. division once once more assumed duty for glass insulator production in 1951, this time at their Hobart, Tasmania glass factory. In this interview Ian Macky describes the origins, types, shapes and colors of collectible antique glass insulators. Based in Yreka, California, Macky can be reached through his web site, Glassian, which is a…[Read more]

Many of the glasshouses that created insulators also developed bottles, fruit jars and other glassware. Vintage glass insulators look good and fairly when made use of as planters for succulents. You can combine insulators in diverse colors or use just one colour and arrange your upcycled electric insulators in a group to enhance the visual…[Read more]

These colorful glass pieces were utilised on telegraph and phone poles screwed to wood pegs in the cross arms of the poles where the lines were tied from pole to pole. The insulators are pretty much like small umbrellas of sorts for the reason that the bottom “skirt” of the insulator and the smooth top rated kept the rain off of the line and k…[Read more]