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#3325        735       MULFORD & BIDDLE.        Aqua.

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#3325        735     MULFORD & BIDDLE.      Light aqua.

A threadless insulator dating from the mid to late 1860's.  Found almost exclusively in the western US and British Columbia, Canada, including the Union Pacific Railroad in Wyoming, where quantities of them were installed.  Only a handful of examples are known to have been found in the eastern US and Canada.  Apparently this size/design was well suited for easier and lighter transport to destinations far from where they originated.

Produced by an unknown glasshouse in the middle to late 1860’s for Mulford & Biddle.   Although an 1865 Mulford & Biddle advertisement in a telegraph trade paper (see third image) only mentions they were a “manufacturer” of telegraph wire, they apparently also offered other telegraph supplies, as evidenced by this type threadless insulator and the 735 units which also carry their name.

Displays excellent from the front, embossed side.  Internal fracture (see second image) from base to wire groove.  Very shallow, flake type chip on the skirt surface is outlined with white dots in second image.