Insulators Collecting
Insulators
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 collector's resource with information on glass and porcelain insulators, a show calendar, glossary, tips and photos of rare items.
- Collector, research expert, historian's site
- 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
- Glass Insulators, Prism Glass, and related history.
- 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.
- Virtual photo album of Columbian Zicme insulators. [Registration required to view the images.]
- Assortment of insulator, telegraph, telegram, mining and vintage document information and graphics. Also, insulator identification drawings and a listing of telegraph company names, and scanned telegrams. Extensive want list and trade item list.
- 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.
- Photo gallery of glass insulators made in Argentina.
- A photograph gallery where insulator collector's can post their insulator pictures by sending them to The Insulator Webmaster - Bill Meier.
- The California Drum Barracks provides history of 'Confederate Egg' insulators used in the Civil War.
- 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.
- Group of insulator enthusiasts who have linked sites together to allows visitors and ring members easy navigation.
- This virtual photo album includes colorful pictures of insulators and various other collectibles.
- 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.
- Collector's site, which includes history of Australian-made insulators.
- Photos of displays and shows, a few articles, and information about the out-of-print magazine.
- Insulator collecting photos and descriptions by a youth living in Ontario Canada.
- 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.
- Collector's site with photos of "go-withs" from old-time radio antenna systems, including 'strain' insulators, lightning arresters, lead-in standoffs, and other related hardware.
- A photo from 1862 of insulators in use at a railroad depot in Alexandria, Virginia.
- A narrative style insulator collector's site including a want list, pictures, and links to related sites.
- 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.
- Pictures, show reports, and collecting stories.
- Follow the odyssey of two Canadian insulator collectors, who refuse to take themselves seriously.
- Site of a Hungarian collector; includes many photos and drawings of insulators in use in Hungary.
- This page features the Brooks ramshorn insulator and its associated patent information.
- This personal insulator collecting homepage features Australian and other non-United States-produced glass. Lots of reference information, photos and an 'Insulator of the Month' page.
- This site combines photos with a narrative which includes insulator interests, favorite insulators, personal background, and links.
- Features the 'Hemingray Database' with details on this manufacturer's insulator production, photos of shows and displays, 'Laugh Lines' comics, and trip journals.
- Here is a commercial advertising a high-end, industry specific journal that serves the commercial electrical market as a source of information on international developments in power transmission and distribution.
- A brief written historical description of antique telephone insulators with photographs
- This graphics rich insulator site features thumbnail pictures of both glass and porcelain insulators.
- This site contains pictures of Corning Pyrex insulators still in use.
- 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
- Collector shares hobby of various types of insulators through pictures, and descriptions.
- Photos of Lynchburg collection, strains and arrestors and the London/Springfield traveling show.
- Extensive collection of insulators, focusing on porcelain; includes 'in action' photos from states across the US.
- Provides space at no charge for insulator and go-with collectors to maintain a site. Also a directory of member sites.
- A family-oriented web-based forum dedicated to all aspects of the insulator collecting hobby. Includes an 'Insulator of the Week' section.
- Feature article about an insulator collector.
- This hobby enthusiast's site pictures insulator related events, and insulators from Mississippi and in his collection.
- Collection photos, Lynchburg history, and suggestions on cleaning, cataloging, and displaying.
- Insulator collecting site including photo album, complete collection index, how to get started, links, and insulator embossings of North America.
- This page is part of an historic reference site dealing, in part, with Canadian glass works. Pictured here is a lightning rod insulator bearing the "Hickock's Patent 1859", USA.
- A Texas collector of unusual color glass insulators.
- This collector's site combines graphics, pictures and narrative style text to present the insulator collecting hobby from a unique point of view.
- Collector's site
- 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
- Shares pictures and descriptions of favorite pieces in glass insulator collection including many Heminggray, with related links.
- Lists the nicknames used for different styles of insulators, with photos of many.
- Lightning Rod Insulator (LRI) collector's site with items for sale or trade.
- This page tells a short story about one collector's interest in the hobby.
- This collector's site combines pictures with a narrative including: What I Collect, Other Hobby Interests, Guestbook, hobby links and an email contact.
- This site features a collector's insulators presented through graphic links to photographs with captions.
- Photo gallery of porcelain insulators made in Argentina.
- SignalSpark is a high quality book celebrating the insulator as an icon of industrial design.
- The MacMillan Encyclopedia of Physics definition of an insulator.
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