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Glass Insulators Reference Site - Insulator collector's resource with information on glass and porcelain insulators, a show calendar, glossary, tips and photos of rare items.
Meta Description: [ Glass Insulators were first produced in the 1850's for use with telegraph lines. As technology developed insulators were needed for telephone lines, electric power lines, and other applications. In the mid 1960's a few people began collecting these glass and porcelain insulators. Today there a... ]

500 Antique Antenna Insulators - 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.
Meta Description: [ Antique & Classic Radio collection of Rod Rogers, Salina, KS. ]

Market Report - 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 History of Insulators - The California Drum Barracks provides history of 'Confederate Egg' insulators used in the Civil War.

Argentina Glass Insulators - Photo gallery of glass insulators made in Argentina.

Argentina Porcelain Insulators - Photo gallery of porcelain insulators made in Argentina.

Bill Winters's Insulator Page - This site combines photos with a narrative which includes insulator interests, favorite insulators, personal background, and links.

Buzz Cashion's Insulator Site - Collector shares hobby of various types of insulators through pictures, and descriptions.
Meta Description: [ Buzz Cashion's Personal Site ]

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.
Meta Description: [ Insulator Collector. Canadian collection of railway telegraph and telephone insulators near Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. ]

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.

Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum - This page features the Brooks ramshorn insulator and its associated patent information.
Meta Description: [ Transcontinental Telegraph Insulator - Brooks patent of August 6, 1867 ]

500 Charles Robinson's Collection - Extensive collection of insulators, focusing on porcelain; includes 'in action' photos from states across the US.

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.

Coble's Eclectica: The Insulator Zone - A narrative style insulator collector's site including a want list, pictures, and links to related sites.

Collectible Glass Insulators - Virtual photo album of Columbian Zicme insulators. [Registration required to view the images.]

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 background on the hobby.
Meta Description: [ 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 background on the hobby. ]

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.
Meta Description: [ Crown Jewels of the Wire is dedicated to the collectors of historic glass and porcelain insulators used by telegraph, telephone and electric power utilities. ]

Glass and Glass-Making in Canada - Industrial Glass - 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.

Glass Insulators and the Mud Club - This graphics rich insulator site features thumbnail pictures of both glass and porcelain insulators.

Glass Threaded Insulator Nicknames - Lists the nicknames used for different styles of insulators, with photos of many.

Glassian - Collections of Ian Macky, including glass insulators, prism glass, and related history.

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.
Meta Description: [ Hemingray.info is Christian Willis' Hemingray insulator web site. ]

Hungarian Insulators - Site of a Hungarian collector; includes many photos and drawings of insulators in use in Hungary.

Insulator and Telegraph Information - 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.

Insulator Collecting in South-Western Ontario - Insulator collecting photos and descriptions by a youth living in Ontario Canada.
Meta Description: [ A site where you may view my insulator collection, I shall also keep track of what I find in my hunts by posting photos of the things I find. ]

Insulator Collector's Picture Forum - A photograph gallery where insulator collector's can post their insulator pictures by sending them to The Insulator Webmaster - Bill Meier.

Insulator Collectors On the Net Webring - Group of insulator enthusiasts who have linked sites together to allows visitors and ring members easy navigation.
Meta Description: [ Insulator collecting is an exciting, but sometimes little known, hobby. These glass and and porcelain insulators played a key role in the development of the telegraph, telephone, and electric power ne ]

Insulator Defined - The MacMillan Encyclopedia of Physics definition of an insulator.

Insulator Gurls at Large - Follow the odyssey of two Canadian insulator collectors, who refuse to take themselves seriously.

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.

Insulators: The Hidden Obsession - Pictures, show reports, and collecting stories.
Meta Description: [ An insulator collector's adventures. Loaded with insulator hunting stories, unique lighting ideas, photographs of my insulator collection, insulator show reports, insulator resources, and more ]

Jim and Terry Wright's Webshots - This virtual photo album includes colorful pictures of insulators and various other collectibles.
Meta Description: [ Webshots provides a stage for members to upload and share their personal photos, download photo screensavers, order prints and custom photo gifts, and connect with each other ]

Justin's Insulators - Collection photos, Lynchburg history, and suggestions on cleaning, cataloging, and displaying.

MyInsulators.com - Provides space at no charge for insulator and go-with collectors to maintain a site. Also a directory of member sites.
Meta Description: [ Site index of myinsulators.com -- Home of insulator collectors around the world. ]

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.
Meta Description: [ Insulators: The National Insulator Association (NIA) is an international organization of collectors and friends interested in electrical insulators, and other artifacts connected with the many industries associated with electrical power, telephone, telegraph, railroads and/or lightning protec... ]

Natsulators - Insulator collecting site including photo album, complete collection index, how to get started, links, and insulator embossings of North America.
Meta Description: [ insulators, glass insulators, railroads, and links to other related sites ]

Porcelain Insulators - Collector, research expert, historian's site

Rainbow Riders Trading Post - Photos of displays and shows, a few articles, and information about the out-of-print magazine.
Meta Description: [ What are glass insulators and why would anyone collect them? The answer plus some history, articles, lapel pins, and more, cobalt, peacock, emerald, 7-up green, amber, red, orange, yellow, blackglass, purple, SCA, cornflower, delft ]

Ross Baird's Insulator Collection - A Texas collector of unusual color glass insulators.

SignalSpark insulator book - SignalSpark is a high quality book celebrating the insulator as an icon of industrial design.

Sluggo's Insulator Collecting - 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.
Meta Description: [ My personal insulator collecting homepage. I am currently concentating on Australian and foreign glass insulators. Lots of reference information and photos on-line. New photos and information being added all the time. ]

Spencer Grueninger's Ohio Lightning Rod Insulators - Lightning Rod Insulator (LRI) collector's site with items for sale or trade.
Meta Description: [ This is a collection of Lightning Rod Insulators and associated items. I hope you enjoy the glass. I also list a "SALE PAGE" . Here you can find Lightning Rod Insulators for sale. ]

Steve Blair's Website - Photos of Lynchburg collection, strains and arrestors and the London/Springfield traveling show.
Meta Description: [ Everything you wanted to know about Steve Blair,insulators, mid ohio, midohio, mid-ohio, insulator shows, strains, arrestors, collecting snowmobiles or his prize alpaca ]

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 poles, brackets, and railway lighting.
Meta Description: [ Uk British insulator collecting, information describing patterns, colours, styles, makers and uses. Image and siting contributions welcome ]

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! Graduation of Color', and 'An easy way to remember the basic styles'..

The Wayback Times - Threadless Insulators - Collector's site
Meta Description: [ The Wayback Times; All the OLD News that is fit to print. ]