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Third Rail Insulating Blocks
Just a few more insulating blocks that I found while hiking the West Shore at Clark Mills, NY today. I also found a railroad spike which I though was pretty cool as you don't see too many of them along the Shore. The center insulating block is mint condition. Aside from the mud, it looks as if it was just manufactured. Insulating blocks were used to insulate and support the electrified third rail which provided the electricity that powered the Oneida Railway Company's trolley cars between Utica and Syracuse, NY. The Oneida Railway Company interurban shared the right-of-way with the West Shore Railroad between the two cities from 1907 to 1930.
Third Rail Insulating Blocks
Just a few more insulating blocks that I found while hiking the West Shore at Clark Mills, NY today. I also found a railroad spike which I though was pretty cool as you don't see too many of them along the Shore. The center insulating block is mint condition. Aside from the mud, it looks as if it was just manufactured. Insulating blocks were used to insulate and support the electrified third rail which provided the electricity that powered the Oneida Railway Company's trolley cars between Utica and Syracuse, NY. The Oneida Railway Company interurban shared the right-of-way with the West Shore Railroad between the two cities from 1907 to 1930.