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#3326       735.3        U.S. TEL. CO.       CHESTER N.Y.        Dark teal aqua.

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#3326        735.3        U.S. TEL. CO.         CHESTER N.Y.        Dark teal aqua.

Made by a glass works in the 1860’s for the telegraph supply company operated by Charles and John Chester of New York. The Chesters had the insulators marked with the name of their business, as well as the telegraph company they were supplying.  They were produced in light aqua as well as this attractive darker shade of teal-aqua.  

Examples of the 735.1 have been found in northern California and Nevada. The United States Telegraph Company used these insulators on a portion of a transcontinental line they were constructing eastward from San Francisco, into the Nevada desert, and then linking with Salt Lake City.

Broken in two pieces (at wire groove and skirt) and glued together.  Missing skirt piece measuring 1" x 1-1/4" has been filled with resin, which has discolored with age (includes the letters U.S.).