Along Route 66

Lightning is a great natural resourse we may be able to harness for power someday; but for now we need protection from its effects.

Glass balls are used on lightning rods as insulators and can be quite decorative.

Many were a form of advertising the company that manufacuted the lightning protection system in use.

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The historic W. C. Shinn building, located in Lincoln, NE still remains and has been repurposed into upscale lofts.