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#2117 735 TILLOTSON & CO. Blue aqua. 
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#2117 735 TILLOTSON & CO. 16 BROADWAY N.Y. Blue aqua.
This pilgrim hat style insulator, used on the Collins Overland Telegraph line in British Columbia, has a bluish tone, contrasting quite well with the various green shades. Additionally, there's a neat harelip-underpour on the base, adding character to the 158 year old jewel
Manufactured for Tillotson & Company, a large 1860's railway and telegraph supply house in New York City, then supplied to the Collins project. Insulators were shipped from New York City, all the way around Cape Horn at the tip of South America, then up the Pacific Ocean route to San Francisco. The next leg was from San Francisco to British Columbia.
Supplies arrived in New Westminster, British Columbia in June 1865, then transported along the course of the Fraser River and Cariboo Wagon Road, where the single wire line was quickly constructed northward to just beyond Quesnel before the close of the season.
Only damage to the entire exterior is a fingernail surface chip located next to the skirt harelip.
Embossing was painted white by a previous owner, which could be easily removed if so desired.
From the collection of the late Cecil Boos.