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Porcelain Transmission Line Insulators
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Victor Cable |
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Embossing Victor (F-skirt: stamp) 19 [V in a rectangle] 63
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Color & Value Victor Brown $1
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Description The Victor Porcelain Insulator Company produced this style of insulator in 1963. Many of the CD 245 were replaced with Victor cable insulators during the 1960s. |
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Images of Victor Cable Insulators in Pelzer, SC |
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Victor cable insulator on the lower crossarm next to the P & N Railway. |
A Victor cable insulator near the Lower Mill. |
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Pole loaded with Victor cable insulators. |
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Large Chance Cable |
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Embossing Chance (F-skirt: ink) [80 within a C]
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Color & Value Chance Black/brown radio treated top with white skirt $1
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Description This modern power line insulator was made by the Chance Porcelain Company in 1980. It is the last type of insulators used on the transmission line as a replacement. |
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Images of Chance Cable Insulators in Pelzer, SC |
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A Chance insulator next to a CD 287 near the Lower Mill. |
Three modern Chance insulators on a pole near the Lower Mill. Photo by Mike Herron. |
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Small Chance Cable |
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Embossing Chance (F-skirt: ink) CHANCE
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Color & Value Chance Black/brown radio treated top with white skirt $1
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Description The Chance Porcelain Company produced this cable insulator in the 1980s. It was used on the transmission line as a replacement insulator. |
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Images of Chance Cable Insulators in Pelzer, SC |
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Three Chance insulators on the top crossarm of the 'Nose Bleed Pole'. Photo by Mike Herron. |
Chance insulators on a pole removed in 2009 near the Upper Dam. Photo by Dave Kingston. |
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Locke Hi-Top |
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Embossing Locke (F-skirt: stamp) LOCKE/HI-TOP/66
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Color & Value Locke White $1
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Description One Locke Hi-Top has been found buried near a pole along the transmission line. The Locke Porcelain Insulator Company produced this popular hi-top style in 1966. This was a replacement insulator on the transmission line. |
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'Unknown' Cable |
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Embossing No Embossing [No embossing]
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Color & Value No Embossing Light Brown $5-10
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Description Two 'No Embossing' cable insulators have been found/seen in Pelzer. One was found beside a pole stump and another still on a pole in the woods. The manufacture of this style is unknown. |
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Images of 'Unknown' Cable Insulators in Pelzer, SC |
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A single broken cable insulator under Kudzu. |
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Porcelain Distribution Line Insulators
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Pittsburg Signal |
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CD 162 |
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Embossing Pittsburg [No Embossing]
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Color & Value Pittsburg Light Brown/Tan $5-10
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Description This signal style insulator was manufactured by the Pittsburg High Voltage Porcelain Company and was made between the 1910s and the early 1920s. This signal insulator was used for telephone lines on the bottom crossarm. It was most likely a replacement for glass signals that have broken. Two Pittsburg signal insulators have been found, one under a pole and another broken on a pole. |
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'Unknown' Signal |
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Embossing No Embossing [No embossing]
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Color & Value No Embossing Brown $1
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Description Signal found in on the Lower Mill site and was made by an unknown manufacture. This type of signal was used for telephone lines along the transmission line. |
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Images of 'Unknown' Signal Insulator in Pelzer, SC |
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A signal on the lower crossarm of 'Nose Bleed Pole'. Photo by Mike Herron. |
A signal on the 'Leaning Pole' which was removed in 2011. Photo by Mike Herron. |
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Chance Signal |
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Embossing Chance (F-skirt: sand glaze) CHANCE
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Color & Value Chance Black radio treated top with Brown skirt $1
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Description The Chance Porcelain Company produced this signal insulator around 1980. It was used as a replacement for broken telephone line insulators along the transmission line. |
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Images of Chance Cable Insulators in Pelzer, SC |
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Chance signal on the top crossarm near the Lower Mill site. Photo by Mike Herron. |
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Jeffrey Kraemer. E-mail: th9200jk@aol.com