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#3318 723 "Dot & Dash Wade" Aqua. 
- Sold Winning Bid: $400.00
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- Lot # 3318
- System ID # 722148
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#3318 723 "Dots & Dashes." Aqua.
Known as the "Dot-Dash Wade." The raised dots and dashes aided in securing a wood cover to the glass.
Several indentations were formed with a tool at the glass factory on each side of the insulator interior (pinhole), added so the insulator would better adhere to the cement/pin when installed.
This threadless insulator style saw widespread usage on lines in which Jeptha Wade was associated. The Western Union Telegraph Company used large quantities of them, mostly on new line construction from the early to middle 1860’s. They have been found in a widespread area, most heavily concentrated in the Midwest, ranging from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and surrounding states.
They were used in sizable quantities on the 1861 US transcontinental line from California, eastward toward Missouri. The US Military Telegraph used sizable quantities of them in Southern States during the Civil War, after areas in the south were occupied by Northern forces, and a need for communication was created.
Can be displayed to show only minor blemishes. Has shallow chips on the very top corner (see second image). One is small, fingernail size. The other is in the form of a clean slice along the dome corner with associated, elongated 5¢ coin size, shallow chip on dome top.
Bold dots & dashes on this old relic!