Insulators in Service

This section shows glass or porcelain insulators still in service. Each photograph includes a description of the insulators, their use, the location, and other information. Isn't it exciting to see insulators (especially glass ones!) still in use? In addition, for those newer collectors this provides some insight into how the insulators, wires, pins, poles, crossarms and other hardware fit together!

Tip: There is also a large library of "In Service" photos posted by ICON members in the general pictures section.

• Dismantling a pole in Sioux Falls, SD
• CD 126 Blobtops in Service
• No 0 PROVO's in Pennsylvania
• CD 162 Cobalt Signals on a House!
• A Pole Full of CD 257 Mickey's!
• CD 154 "Alarm Fence"
• CD 296 Yellow Green Prism
• Cobalt Suspension Insulators
• Locke U-864's in Southern Missouri
• A Line of CD 331 Pyrex and CD 286 Locke's
• A Line of Muncie's in Montana
• Locke #16's
• CD 162 Peacock Signal
• CD 260 California Helmets in Use
• CD 162 Amber Signals
• CD 252 Cable Insulators
• The Old Folsom Powerhouse
• A Farmer's Old Telephone Line
• Airmobile Insulator Washing (Ins-A-Wash)
• The Demise of Pyrex Insulators in Corning, NY
• Glistening Glass Suspension Insulators
• A World without Pintype Insulators
• Yellow U-503's Along the Street

There also are some great "in service" shots of porcelain insulators in use around the turn of the century in the West Kootenay Power Archive Photos section.

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Last updated Saturday, June 11, 2011