Glen Carbon 1893 Glass Insulator
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- Created Date
- 1893-5-2
- Description
This is a glass electrical insulator. It is made of thick, green glass. On one side of the insulator it reads "Patent/May 2 1893" and on the other it reads, "Hemingray/No. 12." It stands about 3.5 inches tall. Insulators like these are common near bike trails and creeks in Edwardsville and Glen Carbon which were part of the "Rails to Trails" conversion of lite rail corridors into community trails by the Madison County Transport starting in the 19...
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- Madison Historical - Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
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- physical object
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- Glen Carbon 1893 Glass Insulator. 1893-5-2. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/2245. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1893-5-2) Glen Carbon 1893 Glass Insulator. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/2245
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/2245>.