Vintage Ceramic Telephone Insulators

Similar to their glass counterparts porcelain insulators date back to before the civil war for telegraph wires.

Vintage ceramic telephone insulators.

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Lot of 64 99. 12 large and 5 small. Vintage joslyn 75 00. Glass and ceramic insulators were originally manufactured in the 1800s to protect telegraph lines and secure them to poles and then later used for telephone and power lines.

Glass insulators were first produced in the 1850 s for use with telegraph lines. Telephone wire utility power pole insulator ceramic glazed brown black white vtg. In the mid 1960 s a few people began collecting these glass and porcelain insulators. Vintage joslyn antique 5 brown porcelain electric insulators with bracket.

Ils 38 23 6d 16h. As technology developed insulators were needed for telephone lines electric power lines and other applications. 7 vintage brown porcelain ceramic insulators antique telephone insulators c. They are made from glass porcelain or composite polymer materials nonconductive materials.

Vintage large 75 00. Insulators were originally designed to keep the wires linking telegraphs and telephones insulated from the wooden poles that held them aloft. In north america glass was always the predominate material for communications insulators but porcelain has become the standard for power distribution due to its greater strength and surface resistance. Vintage brown ceramic telephone insulator with original wood peg 11 18 36.