Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
81.13.011
Accession#:
81.13
Credit Line:
Donated by Audrey and Patricia Oakes.
Object Name:
Insulator, Porcelain
Title:
Porcelain Knob Insulator
Date:
1930
Year Range from:
1920
Year Range to:
1940
Description:
Small rounded white porcelain insulator. Smooth surface pinched at waist with 0.625 inch aperture through center.
"A spool type strain insulator" page 85 "Westinghouse Supply catalog.
"A spool type strain insulator" page 85 "Westinghouse Supply catalog.
Notes:
Donor's father, Glen Oakes, was stockkeeper/wharfinger for A.J. Mine. Started at Treadwell 1913, then to A.J. 1916. Retired 1962. (Pat Oakes, daughter).
Search Terms:
Electrical