Insulators Collecting

Glass Insulators were first commercially produced in the 1850s for use with batteries, telegraph lines and lightning rod systems. As telegraph, telephone, fire alarm, railroad signal, high voltage transmission and radio antenna system technologies developed, the need for insulators grew very quickly and reached its peak sometime in the second decade of the 20th Century. This category is about collecting insulators. These sites contain information about the acquisition, display, identification, and history of these collections. This category is dedicated to the dreams and pursuits of insulator collectors around the world.

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• Insulator Collectors On the Net Webring - Group of insulator enthusiasts who have linked sites together to allows visitors and ring members easy navigation.
  
• Hemingray.info - Features the 'Hemingray Database' with details on this manufacturer's insulator production, photos of shows and displays, 'Laugh Lines' comics, and trip journals.
  
• National Insulator Association - This site provides detailed information about the National Insulator Association. Photographs related to collecting glass and porcelain insulators and significant historical data are also available.
  
• Corning Pyrex Insulators On Parade - This site contains pictures of Corning Pyrex insulators still in use.
  
• Clint's Place - Clint's online display of his porcelain signal-style insulator collection. Featuring more than 30 different manufacturers, countless color variations, rare one-of-a-kind insulators, and hundreds of photos.
  
• Insulators Canada - Where Collectors Come to Meet - A family-oriented web-based forum dedicated to all aspects of the insulator collecting hobby. Includes an 'Insulator of the Week' section.
  
• Sluggo's Insulator Collecting - A personal insulator collecting site that concentrates on Australian and other non-United States-produced glass. Features reference information and photos.
  
• Argentina Porcelain Insulators - Photo gallery of porcelain insulators made in Argentina.
  
• Crown Jewels of the Wire Magazine - Magazine dedicated to the collectors of historic glass and porcelain insulators used by telegraph, telephone and electric power utilities. Includes value finder and subscription information.
  
• Natsulators - Insulator collecting site including photo album, complete collection index, how to get started, links, and insulator embossings of North America.
  
• Insulator Magic - This collector's site combines graphics, pictures and narrative style text to present the insulator collecting hobby from a unique point of view.
  
• Hungarian Insulators - Site of a Hungarian collector; includes many photos and drawings of insulators in use in Hungary.
  
• Glassian - Collections of Ian Macky, including glass insulators, prism glass, and related history.
  
• Glass Insulators Reference Site - Insulator collectors resource with information on glass and porcelain insulators, show calendar, club listings, glossary, tips and photos of rare items.
  
• Porcelain Insulators - Collector, research expert, historian's site
  
• Argentina Glass Insulators - Photo gallery of glass insulators made in Argentina.
  
• Jim and Terry Wright's Webshots - This virtual photo album includes colorful pictures of insulators and various other collectibles.
  
• Charles Bibb's Insulator Photo Album - This hobby enthusiast's site pictures insulator related events, and insulators from Mississippi and in his collection.
  
• Exact Insulator Markings - Built for collectors, by collectors. The purpose of this site is to collect, list, and share at one source the exact markings on any collectible insulator.
  
• The Dripped Signal - This site is dedicated to those collectors who inspired by history, stimulated with color and shape, developed this wonderful hobby of insulator collecting. It includes pages for 'Teats On The Petticoat', 'The 1893 Drip Point Patent', 'A fantastic! Gradua
  
• Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum - This page features the Brooks ramshorn insulator and its associated patent information.
  
• SignalSpark insulator book - SignalSpark is a high quality book celebrating the insulator as an icon of industrial design.
  
• The Wayback Times - Threadless Insulators - Collector's site
  
• A Brief History of Insulators - The California Drum Barracks provides history of 'Confederate Egg' insulators used in the Civil War.
  
• Steve Blair's Website - Photos of Lynchburg collection, strains and arrestors and the London/Springfield traveling show.
  
• Open Wire Insulator Services - Conducts periodic auctions, performs appraisals by appointment and offers to purchase collections.
  
• Insulators: The Hidden Obsession - Pictures, show reports, and collecting stories.
  
• Canadian Railway Telegraph Insulators - Pictures insulators used along Canadian railways and telegraph/telephone lines in the 19th and early 20th centuries. There are related links and an email contact as well.
  
• Craig's Insulator Picture Page - This site features a collector's insulators presented through graphic links to photographs with captions.
  
• Otter's Insulator Page - This collector's site combines pictures with a narrative including: What I Collect, Other Hobby Interests, Guestbook, hobby links and an email contact.
  
• MyInsulators.com - Provides space at no charge for insulator and go-with collectors to maintain a site. Also a directory of member sites.
  
• Teleramics - UK Railway Telegraph Insulators - Detailed information and photographs on styles, materials, colours used for railway telegraph insulators from the UK. Sections on designers, markings and manufacturers of these products. Sub sections include railway crockery, insulator fixings, telegraph
  
• Insulator Collector's Picture Forum - A picture gallery where insulator collectors can post their insulator pictures.
  
• Insulator Gurls at Large - Follow the odyssey of two Canadian insulator collectors, who refuse to take themselves seriously.
  
• Buzz Cashion's Insulator Site - Collector shares hobby of various types of insulators through pictures, and descriptions.
  
• Collecting Insulators - Information on the hobby of collecting insulators and related collectibles. Contents include pictures of insulators, history of companies, patents, where to find insulators, manufacturing details, insulator terminology, books on the subject, and backgrou
  
• Brian's Glass Insulator Page - Shares pictures and descriptions of favorite pieces in glass insulator collection including many Heminggray, with related links.
  
• Insulator News & Market Report - A commercial advertising industry specific journal that serves the commercial electrical market as a source of information on international developments in power transmission and distribution.
  
• Coble's Eclectica: The Insulator Zone - A narrative style insulator collector's site including a want list, pictures, and links to related sites.
  
• Rainbow Riders Trading Post - Photos of displays and shows, a few articles, and information about the out-of-print magazine.
  
• Canadian Insulator Collector's Page - A tour of our insulator collection in southern Ontario, Canada. Contact information provided for help with insulator identification and information, and for those interested in buying, selling, or trading glass insulators with a Canadian collector.
  
• Electrical Insulators: The Vista Historical Museum - A brief written historical description of antique telephone insulators with photographs
  
  

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