Hemingray insulator book value

Robert hemingray and ralph gray founded the company in cincinnati in 1848. This is a vintage clear glass hemingray 42 insulator that stands 3. Williams cincinnati directory and advertiser, 184950 printed in 1849 lists samuel j. People worldwide collect glass or porcelain insulators. Hemingray class company, in incorporations, indiana state archives. For 50 years crown jewels of the wire has been the leading. There are a number of great reference books that are available to the insulator collector. It has a smooth round top that flares out around the edges like a mushroom cap.

A hemingray43 in an aqua color will set you back about a buck or two. The ratio of puncture strength to flash over voltage is called as safety factor. Antique vintage hemingray no 42 predrilled glass insulator diy light lamp. It is desirable to have high value of safety factor so that a flashover takes place before the insulator gets punctured. This makes it a possibility that it is a hemingray49 embossing. Based in yreka, california, macky can be reached via his website, glassian, which is a member of our hall of fame. The insulator features round drip points and the embossed hemingray42 made in the usa.

No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Old antique bluegreen glass telephone telegraph pole insulators. Lot of 4 antique glass telegraph insulators good shape, new collectors. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. On the right is a hemingray 53 cd202, the insulator that icon insulator collectors on the net uses as their logo. I am willing to pay up to 3 times the high end current book value on any insulators listed on this page. Whats new keep updated on my current goingson and this web site. It is filled with crude line drawings, and vague descriptions of embossings and includes glass, porcelain and other types of insulators. This site was created to show examples of the products of the hemingray glass company. If you arent sure what color your insulator is, visit the hemingray color guide.

Laugh lines this is my comic for the insulator collecting hobby. In conjunction with the expansion of rural electrification in the early 20th century, there was a major boom in the manufacturing of insulators, with production peaking from the 1920s through the 1940s, when millions of. An insulating material has atoms with tightly bonded valence electrons. For more information on the auction, see the auction information page. What made it even more special was that it was the exact piece pictured in the mcdougalds insulators volume 2, which i used to drool over as a kid. Today there are over 2000 collectors, and insulator clubs, national shows, and good reference books are. In the mid 1960s a few people began collecting these glass and porcelain insulators. Insulator price guides generally give a range of values e.

Mar 22, 2014 extremely rare, light aqua cd 181, also nicknamed pluto, antique glass insulator. The schroeder book 800 insulators was the first insulator book i bought many years ago and it was my bible for years of collecting. Bottles, fruit jars, kerosene lamps, tableware, and other misc. Today there are over 2000 collectors, and insulator clubs, national shows, and good reference books are available. Reference books and other information not directly related to pintype insulators can be found in the insulator gowiths listings. The browser contains all the embossing and color listings and cd drawings in the paper edition of the north american glass insulators. Tod died in 1989 and in 1991 his wife granted permission to elton gish to assign new unumbers as new styles were reported. The price guide browser easy to use graphical interface. Vintage lot of 6 ceramicglass telephone railroad telegraph electric. Glass insulators were first produced in the 1850s for use with telegraph lines. Includes several number 42 insulators, two number 43, a number 56, number 1 and others. The uchart was developed by jack tod and published in 1971, porcelain insulators guide book for collectors. The hemingray 42, a telegraph insulator produced by the hemingray glass company, is widely found in north america. There are insulator shows and clubs across the us too.

An insulator, also called a dielectric, is a material that resists the flow of electric current. This insulator is in good condition but has some flea bites and a couple of teeth ends are chipped. Reprinted from insulators crown jewels of the wire, july 1975, page 7. Briel, but with an easy to use graphical interface. The drawing and dimensions of the insulator could fit a squatty hemingray19. The aqua glass insulator makes a great desk paper weight. Plutos were first used in the chicagos world fair and then later reused in the mines of colorado. As technology developed insulators were needed for telephone lines, electric power lines, and other applications. Here is a set of hemingray42 cd154 insulators with an uncommon twist. Hemingray is known for their insulators, but they also made many other items. Glass insulator manufacturers overview on glass insulators. This was before i had my first insulator book or knew that there was such a thing as a club of insulator collectors. Common hemingray styles this is a list of the most common hemingray insulator styles, with pictures and values hemingray glossary this page will explain some of the terminology used in this web site insulator color guide not sure if its hemingray blue or peacock blue. For pin type insulators, the value of safety factor is about 10.

Hemingray, roberts older brother, as a boarder there. Dark cobalt blue hemingray 19 historical hemingray dump cd 162 glass insulator. Insulators were originally designed to keep the wires linking telegraphs and telephones insulated from the wooden poles that held them aloft. See more ideas about glass insulators, insulation, antique glass.

This is a fairly common power insulator, and it has the corrugated base characteristic of more modern hemingray products. If you have any of these you are looking to sell, please contact me by clicking on the wanted link next to the insulator. The price guide browser is a prepackaged application ready to use on your computer. A friend of mine has about 500 insulators that i just looked through. On the left is a hemingray 512, cd230 known affectionately as the frog eyes insulator. This selection features fourteen insulators of varying size, shapes, and models. When i began collecting several years ago, i had no idea how many sizes, shapes and colors of insulators there were. Your insulator was originally clear or offclear in color and is classed as a cd 129 in the consolidated design system of catalog numbers used by insulator collectors.

Naturally the more damage an insulator has, the lower its value. The hemingray glass company was an american glass manufacturing company. The round base features hemingray no 12 and patent may 2 1893 across the side, completing the authentic antique flavor. A collection of colored hemingray glass insulators. The hemingray42 is almost certainly the most common glass insulator ever manufactured and used in the united states. Identification for glass insulators, single petticoat threaded side tie styles and price sheet. Antique hemingray no 42 glass electric insulator chairish. Your insulator with a date code of 59 plus two dots was made in 1961. From the beginning, hemingray made a large variety of products, and the firm was especially known for its massive insulator production. Hemingray 42 blue green electric insulator weatherproofing window insulation kits. Insulators, select gowiths such as vintage power signs, telephone signs, hemingray glassware, etc all welcome.