Books about Porcelain Insulators
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Below are other books about porcelain insulators to help the collector. The first two books (and the new Supplement 2001) are needed to get you started in the hobby. They will help you identify styles (with U-numbers), manufacturers, markings, and values. Click on the links to learn more about the book. All books are AVAILABLE now and may be ordered directly from Elton Gish by sending payment to 5415 Lexington Circle, Lumberton, TX 77657. You may send a personal check, money order, or use PayPal. For inquiries, write .
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Porcelain Insulator Guide Book (U-Chart style ID for small porcelain insulators)
This 160-page book is a must for every collector of porcelain insulators. It provides the U-Chart in the form of scale drawings of each of the more than 950 U-numbers used to identify one-part (unipart) porcelain insulators as well as company histories and markings used on unipart insulators. The author is Jack Tod ($20 ppd). Canadian orders please add $6 for postage. Special Offer: Order both the Porcelain Insulator Guide Book and the NEW 2008 Value Guide (see below) for $53 ppd (Canadian order please add $8 for postage.). You may send a personal check, money order, or use PayPal.
Value Guide for Unipart and Multipart Porcelain Insulators (2nd edition)
The NEW 2008 128-page spiral bound Value Guide for porcelain insulators is intended to be used with the Jack Tod book, Porcelain Insulator Guide Book, and the author's 2nd edition book, Multipart Porcelain Insulators. You will need those books in order to identify the bulk of U-number and M-number insulator styles and to learn company histories and marking details. The Value Guide provides values for more than 4500 unipart insulators and more than 1100 multipart insulators as well as scale drawings for 224 additional unipart insulator styles added to the U-Chart and 66 additional multipart insulator styles added to the M-Chart. The book lists known manufacturers, markings, and glaze colors, and helps you identify the correct U-number or M-number. The Value Guide also contains an updated listing of all Fred Locke markings. The price is $33 ppd. Canadian orders please add $4 for postage for total of $37.
Special Offer: Order both the Porcelain Insulator Guide Book and the New 2008 Value Guide for $50 ppd. (Canadian orders please add $7 for postage.) You may send a personal check, money order, or use PayPal.
Order both books for $50 ppd (save $3).
Multipart Porcelain Insulators 2nd edition book:
This 379-page book provides drawings and photographs of 568 different styles of
multipart porcelain insulators identified with M-numbers. In addition, it
contains a wealth of information on old power lines, historic photographs of
insulators in service, the history of electrical power, company histories,
markings found on multipart insulators, patents, value guide, and much, much
more. The soft cover book ($30
ppd, plastic spiral bound so
it will open flat)
has a beautiful color photograph on the cover showing old insulators in a
beautiful mountain scene. The limited edition hardbound book
($45 ppd) will be available while supply lasts. The author is Elton
Gish.
To order, send payment to Elton Gish, 5415 Lexington Circle, Lumberton, TX
77657.
(Please add $8 for postage to Canada) You may send a personal
check, money order, or use PayPal to send payment.
New lower price!!! $25 ppd for spiral bound (Canadian orders add $8 for shipping)
or $35 ppd for hardbound. (Canadian orders add $8 for shipping)
You can order the Multipart Porcelain Insulators book AND the new VALUE GUIDE for:
Spiral bound Multipart book AND the new Value Guide for $58 ppd (Canadian orders add $10 for shipping)
Hardbound Multipart book AND the new Value Guide for $68 ppd (Canadian orders add $10 for shipping)
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This 343-page book gives a detailed history
of Fred Locke, the father of porcelain insulators. There are many
historical photographs as well as photographs and scale drawings that show all
of the porcelain and glass insulators he produced. You will be fascinated
by his involvement with Pyrex glass, Corning Glass Works, Fry glass insulators,
and many of his other glass patents. The author is Elton Gish ($30
ppd).
Canadian order please add $5 for postage. You may send a personal check, money
order, or use PayPal. New
lower price!!! $25 ppd.
New: Two old Pinco Films These two films show how Pinco insulators were made. The first film is in color and was made in 1955 and runs 24 minutes. It is in color but there is no sound. The second film is black-and-white and was made in about 1935. There is some sound but the quality is not very good. It runs about 28 minutes and ends before the film is over. I got a copy of both films in 1993 from a former Pinco employee who copied the best version of the films available. In the case of the 1955 film, the version with sound had poor image quality so he decided to record the the version without sound. The two films are now available on DVD. Click here for a sample. Price is $15 ppd.
This 180-page book describes and illustrates the many varieties of non-pintype electrical porcelain such as cleats, knobs, spools, tubes, wireholders, strains, etc. Company histories and patents are included as well as a detailed list of markings to help you identify the manufacturer. The author is Jack Tod ($20 ppd). Canadian order please add $8 for postage.
This 131-page book contains a wealth of information on 695 patents dealing with all types of insulators. Patents for most of the major unique styles of glass and porcelain insulators are shown. Not all styles of insulators were covered by a patent. Each patent includes a sketch by the author, patent dates, and brief description. The author is Jack Tod ($20 ppd). Canadian order please add $8 for postage.
Four one-of-a-kind catalogs of porcelain insulator companies were reproduced as close to the original as possible:
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NEW Reprint of the 1912 Brookfield Catalog
H. Morgan Brookfield recently reprinted the original catalog his uncle, William Brookfield, owns. It is an embossed hard cover book that is stitched together and has approximately 167 pages printed on slick magazine quality paper. He added a 24 page dedication to the Brookfield Glass Company Founding Fathers and 3 different cross references in the back. The dedication section includes several Brookfield patents, family photos, factory photos, company stock certificate and seal, and family history. This is the only book available with detailed mechanical drawings of almost every Brookfield Insulator. If you are a serious glass insulator collector or just a casual Brookfield insulator collector, you will want one of these books for your reference library! It is beautifully published to last several lifetimes. The price is $30 ppd. To order, send payment to Elton Gish, 5415 Lexington Circle, Lumberton, TX 77657. (Please add $8 on each book for postage to Canada) You may send a personal check, money order, or use PayPal to send payment.