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<p>[QUOTE="flipper, post: 2022282, member: 14025"]I have them, too. I collected them walking the railroad tracks near my home.</p><p><br /></p><p>1970's</p><p><br /></p><p>'I'm an <b>art</b> collector, not an electrical engineer. But <b>glass</b> ones, which <b>were</b> first made in the 1800's, for telegraph poles, <b>were</b> eventually phased out — by the 1970's — making them rare. Porcelain <b>insulators are</b> still being made".</p><p><a href="https://randybowlestories.wordpress.com/2016/06/23/glass-from-the-past-vintage-utility-pole-insulators/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://randybowlestories.wordpress.com/2016/06/23/glass-from-the-past-vintage-utility-pole-insulators/" rel="nofollow">https://randybowlestories.wordpress.com/2016/06/23/glass-from-the-past-vintage-utility-pole-insulators/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I would have to say, by how they word the dates on things, that they could be vintage and not antique, or they could be antique. You would probably need to research the companies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="flipper, post: 2022282, member: 14025"]I have them, too. I collected them walking the railroad tracks near my home. 1970's 'I'm an [B]art[/B] collector, not an electrical engineer. But [B]glass[/B] ones, which [B]were[/B] first made in the 1800's, for telegraph poles, [B]were[/B] eventually phased out — by the 1970's — making them rare. Porcelain [B]insulators are[/B] still being made". [URL]https://randybowlestories.wordpress.com/2016/06/23/glass-from-the-past-vintage-utility-pole-insulators/[/URL] I would have to say, by how they word the dates on things, that they could be vintage and not antique, or they could be antique. You would probably need to research the companies.[/QUOTE]
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