IOTW CD 206
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CD 206 - Insulator of the Week on Wed 17 Dec 2008
Nickname
Castle.
Related Patents
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Details
Embossing Types & Colors: No embossing. There are three primary colors: light green; light blue; and off-clear. The light green examples are pretty uniform in color, having very little deviation, if any, in shade variances. The light blues can vary somewhat in shade, as can the off-clears, with some leaning toward straw. There is a listing for light aqua, but I do not recall ever seeing one (could be someone's interpretation of light blue?).
- PicturePoster #75123391 (off-clear/straw)
- PicturePoster #119612663 (light blue)
- PicturePoster #128286929 (light green)
Additional Comments:
Most (if not all) of the castle insulators were manufactured by the McLaughlin Glass Co. There are two "turret" variations found on the off-clear castles. One exhibits the standard squared turrets, like those found on the light blues and greens; the other is a more rounded, edgeless turret. It is speculated by some that the rounded turret variant might have been manufactured by Maydwell (Crystalite Products) after they acquired McLaughlin's molds. The rounded turrets may have been a design improvement over the damage prone sharp turrets. The purpose of the turrets was to allow for a top tie at any position once the insulator was tightened down on the pin. It appears from all reports that the light blue and off-clear castles were found exclusively in Hawaii. It has also been reported that 800-900 total were gathered from the lines there, with both colors being about equal in number. The light greens appear to have been used very sparsely in Hawaii. The vast majority of light green castles were used in California on a Kern Mutual Tel Co fence post line running from Maricopa to Bakersfield. The light green castles on this line suffered frequent damage, making it difficult today for collectors to acquire mint ones. These brief comments on the Insulator of the Week are not intended to be complete and are presented to stimulate and encourage discussion and additional information from ICON. Now it's your turn to share info and/or post a photo of your favorite CD 206s!
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