Hemingray Glass Company
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Owens-Illinois Glass Company | |
Headquarters | |
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Number of locations | 3 |
Area served | North America |
Products | Pin insulators |
The Hemingray Glass Company was an American
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
purchased the company, but the Hemingray name was retained at the production facility in Muncie.
The main plant in Muncie closed in 1972 and the company ceased producing insulators.[1] The complex is now used by Gerdau Ameristeel, a steel production company headquartered in Brazil.
Insulators
Hemingray was best known for producing
telegraph and telephone pin insulators used on utility poles. To give an overview of the large variety of styles produced, the following table contains the twenty most common.[2] The table provides two numbers: the Consolidated Design (CD) number and the style number. The CD number is from a classification system developed by collectors that refers to the shape of the insulator, and is independent of the Hemingray Glass Company.[3]
However, the style number (or name) was assigned by Hemingray to each insulator. Due to slight modifications in design over years of production, single styles can span multiple CD numbers.
See also
References
- ^ Meier, Bill (August 27, 1995). "Hemingray Glass Insulators - 100 Years Of History". Insulators.info. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
- ^ Willis, Christian. "Hemingray.info - The Hemingray Database: Top 20 Identified Insulators". Hemingray.info. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
- ^ Meier, Bill (December 14, 2004). "CD Numbers Explained". Insulators.info. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
External links
- Hemingray.net online museum
- Hemingray Glass Company
- Hemingray.info: Pictures and descriptions of Hemingray insulators
- Dating Hemingray insulators
- Hemingray Glass Company - Summary