Matt Weldon's photos

Corner of E Water St and N Walnut St, Troy, Ohio. Old riser pole with a pothead. Glass insulators are two CD 219 Hemingray-660's and nine CD 183 Hemingray-71's. Some of the glass insulators can't be seen. Close up of top section of pole here. www.ipernity.com/doc/314471/43668540

Corner of E Water St and N Walnut St, Troy, Ohio. Old riser pole with a pothead. Glass insulators on the top section (out of sight) are two CD 219 Hemingray-660's and nine CD 183 Hemingray-71's. Close up of lower section of pole here. www.ipernity.com/doc/314471/43668540

Corner of E Water St and N Walnut St, Troy, Ohio. Old riser pole with a pothead. Glass insulators are two CD 219 Hemingray-660's and nine CD 183 Hemingray-71's. Some of the glass insulators can't be seen. Wide angle street view shot of pole here. www.ipernity.com/doc/314471/43668540

Alley between California Ave and Alabama Ave north of Vermont Ave, Fort Wayne, Indiana. A shot of an old City Light and Power, Indiana Michigan Power utility pole in the neighborhood of Northside in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Sections of Northside and small sections of Spy Run were the last two neighborhoods in Fort Wayne to have some of the old CL&P/I&M poles still up in service. Sadly, upgrades to these poles happen about two years ago and is all now just a single phase circuit line. This shot shows an old GE transformer along with a CD 168 Hemingray D-510 glass insulator, one old box cutout, and a glass lightning arrester. Before March 1, 1975 the top two crossarms would of been I&M while the bottom two CL&P. After that date, I&M leased from CL&P for 35 years until on February 28, 2010, I&M would eventually become the exclusive electric service provider for Fort Wayne.

Alley between California Ave and Alabama Ave north of Vermont Ave, Fort Wayne, Indiana. A shot of an old City Light and Power, Indiana Michigan Power utility pole in the neighborhood of Northside in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Sections of Northside and small sections of Spy Run were the last two neighborhoods in Fort Wayne to have some of the old CL&P/I&M poles still up in service. Sadly, upgrades to these poles happen about two years ago and is all now just a single circuit line. This shot shows a CD 218 Hemingray-660 glass insulator. Before March 1, 1975 the top two crossarms would of been I&M while the bottom two CL&P. After that date, I&M leased from CL&P for 35 years until on February 28, 2010, I&M would eventually become the exclusive electric service provider for Fort Wayne.

Along CR 25A between E Miami-Shelby Rd and Troy-Sidney Rd, Piqua, Ohio. A close up of a pair of CD 234 Pyrex glass insulators in the color of straw in service use just north of Piqua, Ohio.

Corner of E Simpson St and S Clay St, Troy, Ohio Close up of the previous pole with Eight CD 219 Hemingray-660 glass insulators used on angle pins in service use in Troy, Ohio.

Corner of E Simpson St and S Clay St, Troy, Ohio Eight CD 219 Hemingray-660 glass insulators used on angle pins in service use in Troy, Ohio. The two insulators on the bottom croassarm not in use are CD 183 Hemingray-71 glass insulators.

N Williams St and W Perry St, Bluffton, Indiana Close up of two CD 230 Hemingray 512 glass insulators and a U399-B porcelain loop insulator on an old pole using series street lighting circuits in Bluffton, Indiana. Here is a shot of the other U399-B loop insulator in service. www.ipernity.com/doc/314471/27241593

N Williams St and W Perry St, Bluffton, Indiana Wide angle shot of two CD 230 Hemingray 512 glass insulators and a U399-B porcelain loop insulator on an old pole using series street lighting circuits in Bluffton, Indiana. Here is a shot of the other U399-B loop insulator in service. www.ipernity.com/doc/314471/27241593

Along E Riley St between S Bennett St and S Mulberry St, Bluffton, Indiana. A regulator pole used on the old series street lighting circuits in Bluffton, Indiana. Bluffton did away with all their series street lighting circuits a few years ago. All glass insulators are CD 230 Hemingray 512 insulators.

An old pole in Bluffton, Indiana with a crossarm-hung transformer. All six glass insulators are CD 230 Hemingray 512 (D-512) insulators.

A sample of some insulators we found just east of Columbia City, Indiana along the old mainline Pennsylvania Railroad. A lot of these insulators can still be readily found along this line. Last winter we brought home over 300 insulators in many different CD's and colors. This was a 10 pin 6 crossarm pole line back in the day. I started picking this same line in 1972 with some of my other friends. There were some great finds like some yellow green, cornflower blue, and apple green Petticoat beehives; yellow green, green, and teal green CREB beehives; CD 151 H.G.CO. in dark cornflower blue; 16 true green Hemingray No 19's.; amber 109's; and many more to name. We used to do 3 day backpacking trips insulator hunting in 73 at the age of 14. The things you used to be able to do back in the good old days as kids and teenagers. In 1997 they took the pole line down and I was the very first person to get all the rest of the good old stuff like CREB beehives, Petticoat beehives, and many more stuff. The railroad left the poles lay where they fell. In one week I walked 50 miles from Warsaw to Fort Wayne getting as many insulators as I could. For my collection, I was able to get around 135 different insulators from just this line alone.

Alley between Raper St and E Simpson St close to E Simpson St just east of S Walnut St, Troy, Ohio. For those interested, here is a tighter crop and full resolution shot of the previous pole. www.ipernity.com/doc/314471/40596710

Alley between Raper St and E Simpson St close to E Simpson St just east of S Walnut St, Troy, Ohio. Looks like some U-180 Ohio Brass white porcelain insulators.

Pole next to alley between S Crawford St and S Clay St along E Simpson St, Troy, Ohio. A five buckarm pole in Troy, Ohio with two CD 219 Hemingray-660's and two CD 183 Hemingray-71's.

1st pole in alley between S Clay St and Mulberry St along E Simpson St, Troy, Ohio. Lots of old hardware on this pole in Troy, Ohio. Two CD 219 Hemingray-660's.

Alley between E Ross St and Young St just east of S Walnut St. Troy, Ohio. Close up of a CD 183 Hemingray-71 glass insulator in service use in Troy, Ohio.