Italian railway traction wire insulator

By Paolo De Pasqual; posted September 5, 2011

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Old style insulator, rescued thanks to a friend in Novara railway station. This insulator was designed to support the "spider leg" that holds the contact wire. After a good cleaning we can see the factory marking, Vaccari 1959.

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