Insulator, Electrical

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Insulator, Electrical

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Awarua Communications Museum

Collection

Awarua Communications Museum

Description

This electric insulator is a prop in the Awarua Radio Museum to illustrate the type of kiwi ingenuity which was used when constructing the telephone line from Tuatapere to Puysegur Point. This line nearly claimed the lives of six surveyors in 1898 and became known was the worst line in New Zealand. About the Insulator: The insulator is made from cutting the top off a glass beer bottle, sticking a piece of manuka through it . Attaching the two is a combination of coins/washers at the mouth of ...

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Creator

Unknown Maker

URL

https://ehive.com/collections/8060/objects/961309

Related subjects

Communication (including Diaries and Letters) / Energy and Electricity / Communication

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