Antique hemingray no 42 glass electric insulator chairish. Tod died in 1989 and in 1991 his wife granted permission to elton gish to assign new unumbers as new styles were reported. This insulator is in good condition but has some flea bites and a couple of teeth ends are chipped. Here is a set of hemingray42 cd154 insulators with an uncommon twist. Whats new keep updated on my current goingson and this web site. Today there are over 2000 collectors, and insulator clubs, national shows, and good reference books are. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. The hemingray 42, a telegraph insulator produced by the hemingray glass company, is widely found in north america. Hemingray class company, in incorporations, indiana state archives. It is filled with crude line drawings, and vague descriptions of embossings and includes glass, porcelain and other types of insulators. I also thinned down my hemingray collection quite a bit, while picking up an insulator that had been on my wanted list for 25 years. Briel, but with an easy to use graphical interface.
From the beginning, hemingray made a large variety of products, and the firm was especially known for its massive insulator production. In the mid 1960s a few people began collecting these glass and porcelain insulators. Hemingray, roberts older brother, as a boarder there. Plutos were first used in the chicagos world fair and then later reused in the mines of colorado. This selection features fourteen insulators of varying size, shapes, and models. For pin type insulators, the value of safety factor is about 10. Naturally the more damage an insulator has, the lower its value. Dark cobalt blue hemingray 19 historical hemingray dump cd 162 glass insulator. This makes it a possibility that it is a hemingray49 embossing.
In its early years the company went through numerous and frequent name changes. See more ideas about glass insulators, insulation, antique glass. The schroeder book 800 insulators was the first insulator book i bought many years ago and it was my bible for years of collecting. Vintage lot of 6 ceramicglass telephone railroad telegraph electric.
Ian macky explains the colors and history of insulators. The insulator features round drip points and the embossed hemingray42 made in the usa. This is a fairly common power insulator, and it has the corrugated base characteristic of more modern hemingray products. This site was created to show examples of the products of the hemingray glass company. The price guide browser is a prepackaged application ready to use on your computer. An insulating material has atoms with tightly bonded valence electrons. I am willing to pay up to 3 times the high end current book value on any insulators listed on this page.
When i began collecting several years ago, i had no idea how many sizes, shapes and colors of insulators there were. The round base features hemingray no 12 and patent may 2 1893 across the side, completing the authentic antique flavor. Common hemingray styles this is a list of the most common hemingray insulator styles, with pictures and values hemingray glossary this page will explain some of the terminology used in this web site insulator color guide not sure if its hemingray blue or peacock blue. There are a number of great reference books that are available to the insulator collector. Includes several number 42 insulators, two number 43, a number 56, number 1 and others.
Insulators, select gowiths such as vintage power signs, telephone signs, hemingray glassware, etc all welcome. Today there are over 2000 collectors, and insulator clubs, national shows, and good reference books are available. If you have any of these you are looking to sell, please contact me by clicking on the wanted link next to the insulator. Glass insulator manufacturers overview on glass insulators. Insulators were originally designed to keep the wires linking telegraphs and telephones insulated from the wooden poles that held them aloft. Williams cincinnati directory and advertiser, 184950 printed in 1849 lists samuel j. Lot of 4 antique glass telegraph insulators good shape, new collectors.
The uchart was developed by jack tod and published in 1971, porcelain insulators guide book for collectors. The aqua glass insulator makes a great desk paper weight. Your insulator with a date code of 59 plus two dots was made in 1961. Hemingray 42 blue green electric insulator weatherproofing window insulation kits. People worldwide collect glass or porcelain insulators. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Glass insulators were first produced in the 1850s for use with telegraph lines. On the right is a hemingray 53 cd202, the insulator that icon insulator collectors on the net uses as their logo. The drawing and dimensions of the insulator could fit a squatty hemingray19. The ratio of puncture strength to flash over voltage is called as safety factor. For more information on the auction, see the auction information page.
A collection of colored hemingray glass insulators. It is desirable to have high value of safety factor so that a flashover takes place before the insulator gets punctured. The hemingray glass company was an american glass manufacturing company. The browser contains all the embossing and color listings and cd drawings in the paper edition of the north american glass insulators.
This was before i had my first insulator book or knew that there was such a thing as a club of insulator collectors. Based in yreka, california, macky can be reached via his website, glassian, which is a member of our hall of fame. The official magazine for insulator collectors since 1969. Reprinted from insulators crown jewels of the wire, july 1975, page 7. Hemingray is known for their insulators, but they also made many other items. It has a smooth round top that flares out around the edges like a mushroom cap. Robert hemingray and ralph gray founded the company in cincinnati in 1848. Reference books and other information not directly related to pintype insulators can be found in the insulator gowiths listings. On the left is a hemingray 512, cd230 known affectionately as the frog eyes insulator. Old antique bluegreen glass telephone telegraph pole insulators.
Identification for glass insulators, single petticoat threaded side tie styles and price sheet. For 50 years crown jewels of the wire has been the leading. Your insulator was originally clear or offclear in color and is classed as a cd 129 in the consolidated design system of catalog numbers used by insulator collectors. Bottles, fruit jars, kerosene lamps, tableware, and other misc. Mar 22, 2014 extremely rare, light aqua cd 181, also nicknamed pluto, antique glass insulator. Insulator price guides generally give a range of values e. Laugh lines this is my comic for the insulator collecting hobby. In this interview ian macky describes the origins, types, shapes and colors of collectible antique glass insulators. The hemingray42 is almost certainly the most common glass insulator ever manufactured and used in the united states. An insulator, also called a dielectric, is a material that resists the flow of electric current. A friend of mine has about 500 insulators that i just looked through. If you arent sure what color your insulator is, visit the hemingray color guide. Antique vintage hemingray no 42 predrilled glass insulator diy light lamp. There are insulator shows and clubs across the us too.
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