During the period between 1969 to 1972 and made several trips to Savanna, Georgia. I would hitch a ride on a Georgia Air National Guard airlift group C-123 going from Savanna, GA to San Juan, Puerto Rico - I would scuba dive with friends. On these trips I would also take the opportunity to hunt insulators on the Central of Georgia Railway telegraph line which ran East from Macon, Georgia to Savanna, Georgia. The following sections were hunted including: Rocky Ford, GA (West); Rocky Ford, GA (East) toward Dover, GA; and Dover, GA toward Halcyondale, GA (both West & East). Highway 17 tracks the Central of Georgia Railway line East toward Savanna, GA.

This post covers another unique insulator which was found on Central of Georgia Railway telegraph lines. The CD 104 Pennycuick style insulator was found in small numbers in the section East of Rocky Ford, GA. This CD 104 had no embossing, 3 piece mold, typical Pennycuick threads and has a glass button on the top of the threads. The colors are light aqua to blue aqua and most had many small bubbles in the glass.

The unique feature of this insulator is the size. It is much larger than the normal CD 104 insulator that are thought of as a telephone toll insulator and not a telegraph insulator. I wonder if a new CD- might be needed. To illustrate size, I will post pictures which compare this CD 104 with the other Western Union style telegraph insulators found in Georgia (i.e. CD 126, CD 127, and CD 126.3).

Versus CD 126 See [id=605179128] Versus CD 127 & 126.3 See [id=605179246]