Insulator Manufacturers
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Here I am collecting historical information on companies which have manufactured
insulators.
Most of the glass companies' full names, abbreviations, and countries come
from the Insulators.info Abbreviation
& Full Name Table and Primary
Embossing Abbreviation Table.
Glass
- USA
- A
- American Insulator Company (Am. Insulator Co.)
- American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T Co.; Am. Tel. & Tel.
Co.)
- American Union (AU)
- Armstrong (A in circle)
- B
- Baltimore & Ohio [Railroad] (B&O)
- Baltimore Glass Manufacturing Company (BGM Co)
- Barclay
- Beaver Falls Glass Company (BFG Co.)
- Beal's
- BEL Co. (name unknown)
- Birmingham
- Boston Bottle Works
- Brooke's
- Brookfield (B)
- Buzby
- C
- California Electric Works (CEW; Cal. Elec. Works)
- California Glass Insulator Company (CGI Co., California)
- Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company (C&P Tel. Co.)
- Central District & Printing Telegraph Company (CD&P Tel.
Co.)
- CEL Co. (name unknown)
- Cable
- Chambers
- Chester
- Chicago Insulating Co.
- City Fire Alarm
- Climax
- Columbia
- Combination Safety
- Converse
- Crown
- Cutter
- D
- Dry Spot Insulator
- Duquesne
- E
- Electrical Construction & Maintenance Company (EC&M Co.)
- Edwin Lewis Company (EL Co.)
- Erie Railway (ER)
- Erie Railway Western (ERW)
- Electric Storage Battery Company (ESB Co.)
- Electrical Service & Supply Company (ESS Co.)
- Electrical Supply Co.
- Emminger's
- F
- Fall River
- Fisher
- Floy
- Fluid Insulator
- Fort Wayne Electric Company (Ft. WE Co.)
- Fred M. Locke (Locke)
- G
- H
- J
- Jeffrey Manufacturing Company (Jeffrey Mfg. Co.)
- Johnson & Watson
- Jumbo
- K
- L
- L.G. Tillotson & Company (LGT & Co.)
- Lawrence Gray
- Lefferts
- Liquid Insulator
- Lowex
- Lynchburg
- M
- Manhattan
- Maydwell
- Mayer & Englund Company (M&E Co.)
- McKee & Co.
- McLaughlin
- Mine Insulator
- Mulford & Biddle
- N
- New England Glass Manufacturing Company (NEGM Co.)
- New York & Erie Railroad (NY&E RR)
- National Battery Co.
- National Insulator Co.
- New England Telephone & Telegraph Company (New Eng. Tel. & Tel.
Co.)
- No Embossing
- No Name
- North American Telegraph Company (NAT Co.)
- O
- P
- Pennsylvania & Western [Railroad] (P&W)
- Pennsylvania Lines West (PLW)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
- Paisley
- Patent Applied For (Pat. App. For)
- Patented (Pat'd)
- Patent - Dec. 19, 1871
- Patent - Other
- Pettingell Andrews
- Pony
- Postal
- Prism
- Pyrex
- R
- S
- S. Fobes & Co. (SF)
- Santa Ana
- Seilers
- Shay, Stephens, & Company (SS & Co.)
- Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company (SBT&T Co.)
- Southern Express Company (So. Ex. Co.)
- Southern Massachusetts Telephone Company (So. Mass. Tel. Co.)
- St. Louis Malleable
- Standard Glass Insulator Co. (Standard)
- Star
- Sterling (£)
- Surge
- T
- Thames Glass Works
- Thomson-Houston Electric Company (T-H; T-H E Co.)
- Twiggs
- Two Piece Transposition
- U
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP RR)
- United States Light & Heating Company (USL; US Light & Heating
Co.)
- United States Telephone Company (US Tel. Co.)
- V
- Village Telephone Supply Industrial Company (VTS)
- W
- Ware
- Western Electric Manufacturing Company (WE Mfg. Co.)
- Western Flint Glass Company (WFG Co.)
- Western Glass Manufacturing Company (WGM Co.)
- Western Union Telegraph Company (WU; WUT Co.)
- Westinghouse
- Whitall Tatum (WT in triangle)
- Non-USA North American
- Canada
- B.C. Drip (name unknown - British Columbia?) {Canada}
- Bell Telephone Company (BTC) {Canada}
- Canadian Northern Railway (CNR) {Canada}
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CPR; Canadian Pacific RY
Co.) {Canada}
- Canada {Canada}
- Dominion Telegraph Company (DT Co.) {Canada}
- Diamond {Canada}
- Diamond P {Canada}
- Dominion {Canada}
- DuPont {Canada}
- Dwight {Canada}
- Edmonton Dunvegan Railway (EDR) {Canada}
- Foster {Canada}
- Great Northern Railway (GNR) {Canada}
- Great Northwestern Telegraph Company (GNW Tel. Co.) {Canada}
- Great Pacific Railway (GPR) {Canada}
- Grand Trunk Pacific Telegraph Company (GTP Tel. Co.) {Canada}
- Hudson Bay Railway (HBR) {Canada}
- Hamilton {Canada}
- McMicking {Canada}
- Montreal Telegraph Company (MT Co.; Montreal) {Canada}
- New Westminister & Burrard Inlet Telephone Company (NW&BIT
Co.) {Canada}
- No Embossing {Canada}
- No Name {Canada}
- Trans-Canadian Railway Co. (TCR) {Canada}
- Cuba
- Mexico
- AA (name unknown) {Mexico}
- Ayala {Mexico}
- Cartel Vidriena Monterrey (VM in circle) {Mexico}
- Compania Comercial (CIA Comercial) {Mexico}
- Compania Telefonica (CIA Telefonica) {Mexico}
- Crimsa {Mexico}
- Crisa {Mexico}
- Crisol Texcoco (TC in triangle) {Mexico}
- Derflingher (Derf.) {Mexico}
- Ericsson {Mexico}
- Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico (FFCCN de M; N de M) {Mexico}
- Linea Del Supo {Mexico}
- No Embossing {Mexico}
- No Name {Mexico}
- Patricio Sordo Sociedad Ananimo (PSSA) {Mexico}
- RyT in circle (name unknown) {Mexico}
- Telegrafos Federales Mexico (Tel. Fed. Mex.) {Mexico}
- Telegrafica de Jalisco, Telegrafo de Jalisco {Mexico}
- Telegrafos Nacionales {Mexico}
- VB (name unknown) {Mexico}
- Foreign (Outside North
America)
- Argentina
- Cristalerias Rigolleau S.A. {Argentina}
- Cristalerias Vidrart {Argentina}
- MyB {Argentina}
- Australia
- Australian Glass Manufacturers (AGM; AGEE) {Australia}
- Crown Crystal Glass Company Ltd. (CCG) {Australia}
- Belgium
- Verlica Belgium (Verham Belgium) {Belgium}
- Brazil
- RMV (name unknown) {Brazil}
- Chile
- Cristalerias De Chile {Chile}
- Colombia
- Telecom {Colombia}
- Vidrios Bogota (Vi-Bo) {Colombia}
- Zicme (Energia Electrica de Bogota, EEB) {Colombia}
- France
- Anciens Etablissements Parvillee Freres & Cie. (PFC) {France}
- Europeenne d'Isolateurs en Verre (EIV) {France}
- Folembray {France}
- Isorex {France}
- L'Electro Verre {France}
- Sediver {France}
- VA (name unknown) {France}
- Germany
- Italy
- B in square (BSQ) (name unknown) {Italy}
- Fidensa, S.A. (Fidenza) {Italy}
- Manifattura Isolatori Vetro Acqui Terma S.p.A. (MIVA, MIVA
ACQUI) {Italy}
- VMR Napoli {Italy}
- Nicaragua
- C.C. De Nicaragua {Nicaragua}
- Poland
- Romania
- SLI {Romania}
- Turda (TS in square) {Romania}
- Russia
- Maltsovskoe (imperial eagle) {Russia}
- Yuznouralsk Insulator company (UFO in C) {Russia}
- Spain
- Compania Telfonica Nacional de Espana (CTNE) {Spain}
- Esperanza Sociadad Anonima (ESA) {Spain}
- Spain {Spain}
- Ukraine
- Lviv Insulator Company (Lviv) {Ukraine}
- UK {Ukraine}
- Uruguay
- Codarvi
- Sociedad Anonima Fabrica Nacional de Vidrio (SAFNV, 'National Glass
Factory, Inc.') {Uruguay}
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