Matt Weldon's photos with the keyword: bluffton indiana

East and west running alley between S Scott St and S Bennett St with E Central Ave to the north, Bluffton, Indiana. The series street lighting might be long gone, but there are still a lot of glass insulators and crossarm-hung transformers in use around the town of Bluffton, IN.

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

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

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.

1425 West Washington St., Bluffton, Indiana A shot of a series street lighting circuit poles in Bluffton, Indiana. The six glass insulators are CD 230 Hemingray 512s along with an old mercury vapor street light. The wires leading off to the right go to the ballpark lights, thanks to IE_RICK for pointing this out.

E Riley St., Bluffton, Indiana Just a shot of a single CD 230 Hemingray 512 glass insulator along with an older looking GE transformer. Within the last two years a wire along with a CD 230 Hemingray 512 glass insulator on the left side of the crossarm were taken down from service. This has been the case with a lot of poles in Bluffton with a wire removed from service the last few years.

W Elm St. just west of S Marion St., Bluffton, Indiana Shot of two CD 252 Hemingray-62 glass insulators with drip points on each end of the crossarm supposedly used for the street light circuits. Looks to be a double circuit line on the pole. Within the last two years the old mercury vapor street light was changed out along with the isolation transformer taken down.

252 Walmer Ave., Bluffton, Indiana This pole on the top crossarm shows two CD 230 Hemingray 512 glass insulators with the left one a D-512. The porcelain insulator on the far right is a U 399B loop insulator. The two lower glass insulators are more than likely CD 239 Kimble-830s but could also be Hemingray-830s. This pole just to the east of this pole. www.ipernity.com/doc/314471/27161083

Bluffton, Indiana In Bluffton, Indiana there are about 5 or 6 of these series lighting circuit regulator poles. The glass insulators are CD 230 Hemingray 512s. This pole just to the west of this pole. www.ipernity.com/doc/314471/27241593

1634 W Washington St., Bluffton, Indiana One of the few poles in Bluffton, Indiana that uses glass insulators on the old guy-wire A-frame bracket on the street light pole. The glass insulators on the primary are the typical CD 230 Hemingray 512 insulators. The insulator on the A-frame bracket closest to the pole is a CD 162 Hemingray the other a CD 164 Star insulator.

804 W Spring St., Bluffton, Indiana The late evening light brings on a slight golden glow to the transmission pole that runs along Spring St. in Bluffton, Indiana. The glass insulator on the primary is a CD 230 Hemingray 512.

829 W Cherry St., Bluffton, Indiana Last week I made a trip back down to Bluffton, Indiana and shot about 40 more poles with glass insulators. Sadly, some of the street lighting circuits got changed over on some of the poles. This shot shows two CD 230 Hemingray 512 glass insulators in service use along with a couple of older looking transformers one being a Line Material can and an old mercury vapor street light.

822 Clark Ave., Bluffton, Indiana A shot showing a very old pole using three CD 230 Hemingray 512s in service use along Clark Ave. in Bluffton, Indiana. Looks like the insulation is coming off the conductors.

835 West Market Street, Bluffton, Indiana Old series street lighting circuits in Bluffton, Indiana using four CD 230 Hemingray - 512 glass insulators.