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Victor Insulators
Victor Insulators, Inc. is the oldest electrical insulator manufacturer in North America. History Locke Insulator Manufacturing Company Fred M. Locke, the company's founder, had been interested in designing and manufacturing insulators since 1883, when he was employed as a telegraph operator for the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. He noticed that the company's insulators would often become wet or damp, causing electrical leakage and line failure. One one occasion he was accused of falling asleep at his station due to the telegraph line going dead from faulty insulators and he became interested in designing a stronger insulator. In 1889 he was granted a patent for a triple petticoat glass insulator with an interior dowel. He licensed this design to companies such as Edwin S. Greeley, E.S. Greeley & Company and the Brookfield Glass Company. Locke built a factory in Victor (village), New York, Victor, New York, in 1893. He used the factory as a location for both his ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor, New York
Victor is an incorporated town in Ontario County, New York, United States. The population was 15,969 at the time of the 2020 census. The town is named after Claudius Victor Boughton, an American hero of the War of 1812. The Town of Victor contains a village, also called Victor. The town is in the northwest corner of Ontario County and is southeast of Rochester. Victor is part of the Greater Rochester area; Victor's strategic location led to extensive suburban growth in the late 20th and early 21st century. Victor is the largest of Rochester's suburbs to be located outside of Monroe County, the home of more than two-thirds of the Greater Rochester population. The Village of Victor is from the head of Canandaigua Lake, the fourth largest of the Finger Lakes. History An important Seneca village, known as ''Gannagaro'' or ''Ganondagan'', was located within the area of this town. The tribe abandoned the village and the area about it after being severely attacked in 1687 by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
