Vintage Ceramic Insulators

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Vintage ceramic insulators.

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They are made from glass porcelain or composite polymer materials nonconductive materials. In conjunction with the expansion of rural electrification in the early 20th century there was a major boom in the manufacturing of. Vintage glass insulators were first produced in the 1850s for telegraph lines then for telephone and power transmission lines. Insulators were originally designed to keep the wires linking telegraphs and telephones insulated from the wooden poles that held them aloft.

They insulated and protected the wooden poles from the electricity coursing through the wires. 25 pk vintage 39 95. Buy ceramic insulators on ebay now.