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Definition
"CD135" is also a reference to the Chicago Insulating Company electrical insulator manufactured in the mid 1880's and was used for electrical insulating of power lines and telegraph lines. "CD" stands for Consolidated Design, a system used for the description of styles of insulators first implemented by N.R. Woodward a pioneer insulator collector who published "The Glass Insulator in America" in the 1960's. "135" references the style shape assigned by Mr. Woodward. Further information can be found at: http://cd135collector.webs.com or http://www.insulators.info

Newspaper St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat St. Louis, MO, United States, Tuesday, November 21, 1882 vol. 8, no. 184, p. 2, col. Reference accessed 10/12/2010 from: http://reference.insulators.info/publications/view/?id=8141&h0=chicago&h1=insulating&h2=company