Collectables

Glass Insulator 'Hemingray-42' by Hemingray Glass Company

$25

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Glass insulators were widely used from the mid-19th century through the mid-20th century to insulate telegraph, telephone, and power lines. The Hemingray Glass Company, founded in 1848 in Covington, Kentucky, was one of the largest American manufacturers of glass insulators, producing billions of units.