Old Electric Line Insulators

Glass insulators were first produced in the 1850 s for use with telegraph lines.

Old electric line insulators.

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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. 6 power line telephone pole 10 000 lb. Brown ceramic vintage electric telephone pole insulator. An electrical insulator is a material.

As technology developed insulators were needed for telephone lines electric power lines and other applications. Great light electric blue cd 162 h g co signal style glass insulator 27 308 75 11 00 shipping. 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. Vintage brookfield telephone telegraph insulator greenish blue 3 cast into top.

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