Victor inventor Fred Locke invented the porcelain insulator in 1895 and started the company in 1898. The company is one of three like it in the U.S., and ships insulators all over the country and ...

While working as a telegraph operator for the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in Victor, Fred Locke didn't always receive messages during wet weather. Complaints were lodged, and his bosses ...

For more than a century, glass and porcelain insulators graced the tops of most utility poles. Now that they are no longer used, they have become collectors’ items. One group of insulator collectors, ...