CD 145, H. G. CO., Yellow Amber
A style of insulator known as a "Beehive" insulator that were the standard insulator used for telegraph distribution commonly used along U.S. railroads. Beehive insulators were produced from the mid 1880's to around the 1930's time period.
Always one of my favorite insulators, these amber insulators were produced by the Hemingray Glass Company in Muncie, Indiana, and possibly their older Covington, Kentucky plant in the late 1880's and 1890's. They are always full of seed bubbles and come in many different shades of amber colors of orange, honey, golden, and yellow amber, including pure yellow color.
The majority of these amber beehive insulators were put into service on the telegraph lines along the old Great Northern Railway transcontinental railroad in western Montana, northern Idaho and eastern Washington in the late 1880's - 90's. Don't expect to find any left, they were taken down from service from linemen and collectors back in the 1960's and early 70's.
Embossing (F-Skirt) H.G.CO. / [Letter] (R-Skirt) PETTICOAT
Index # 130
CD 145, H. G. CO., Yellow Amber
A style of insulator known as a "Beehive" insulator that were the standard insulator used for telegraph distribution commonly used along U.S. railroads. Beehive insulators were produced from the mid 1880's to around the 1930's time period.
Always one of my favorite insulators, these amber insulators were produced by the Hemingray Glass Company in Muncie, Indiana, and possibly their older Covington, Kentucky plant in the late 1880's and 1890's. They are always full of seed bubbles and come in many different shades of amber colors of orange, honey, golden, and yellow amber, including pure yellow color.
The majority of these amber beehive insulators were put into service on the telegraph lines along the old Great Northern Railway transcontinental railroad in western Montana, northern Idaho and eastern Washington in the late 1880's - 90's. Don't expect to find any left, they were taken down from service from linemen and collectors back in the 1960's and early 70's.
Embossing (F-Skirt) H.G.CO. / [Letter] (R-Skirt) PETTICOAT
Index # 130