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Telegraph Line Insulator - AGEE CD 490 Type III, 1930-1937
Reg. No: ST 037181
- Summary:
- AGEE CD 490 Type III telegraph line insulator, said to be from the East-West Transcontinental Telegraph Line. Manufactured sometime between 1930 and 1937. Insulator is made from purple glass and is of a double umbrella shape. Made in Sydney by Australian Glass Manufacturers.
- Description:
- Glass telegraph line insulator of double umbrella shape. Glass is coloured purple.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Mrs J. Baxter, 1986
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimensions: | 130 mm (Height), 108 mm (Width), 108 mm (Length), 108 mm (Diameter) |
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| Tagged with: | electric insulators, telegraphy |
| Themes this item is part of: | Telegraphy Collection, Information & Communication Collection |
| Primary Classification: | COMMUNICATIONS |
| Secondary Classification: | Telegraphy |
| Tertiary Classification: | components |
| Inscriptions: | Embossed on outside of bell: "AGEE 30" Embossed near lower edge of bell: "10" |
| Manufacturer: | Australian Glass Manufacturers (AGM), 1930 Embossed '30' on object indicates 1930 as date of manufacture. |
| References: |
Websites accessed 27 March 2009: http://www.cjow.com/archive/article.php?month=6&;a=06From%20the%20Land%20Down%20Under%20Australian%20Insulators.htm&year=1986 http://www.oldengine.org/members/plowe/insulators/history.htm |
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