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About 10,000 porcelain tops to M-2795 at the Victor factory shown in August 15, 1900 Electrical Review.

Advertisement left and right from the 1904 Street Railway Journal.  Advertisement in the center is from the March 4, 1899 Electrical World.

From the August 15, 1900 Electrical Review showing various styles of Fred Locke insulators.

Fred Locke factory in Victor, NY in the summer of 1900.  Men are cementing together porcelain tops and glass bases to make M-2795 for northern California lines.  Note pile of glass bases on the ground at left.  The shed has a pot for melting sulfur, which was used as a cement.  The insulators were packed in the wooden barrels.  The elevated train track can be seen at the left.

 

Photo of the display rack (left) at the Locke factory in Victor, NY from the June 3, 12905 Electrical Review.  The advertisement (right) is from May 27, 1909 Electrical World.

 

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