Fred Locke invented a porcelain insulator three years after making the first electric lamp in the area

[Newspaper]

Publication: The Daily Messenger

Canandaigua, NY, United States
vol. 167, no. 103, p. 21, col. 4-5

Ontario County's Role Is State

And Natioinal History Chronicled

 

By J. SHELDON FISHER

Ontario County Historian

 

Ontario County played an important and interesting part in the development of our nation. Here are some (but by no means all) of the significant events in the history of the county:

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1893 — Fred M. Locke of Victor, revoluntionized power transmission by his invention of the porcelain insulator which he manufactured. Three years before he had made a usable electric lamp, the first in the area.

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Keywords:Fred Locke
Researcher notes: 
Supplemental information: 
Researcher:Elton Gish
Date completed:April 10, 2007 by: Elton Gish;