The Okonite Company is an American manufacturer of insulated wire and cable. The company was founded in 1878 by John Haven Cheever, as the New York Insulated...
substance, which in admixture with India-rubber was employed under the name of okonite as an electrical insulator. From the residue a form of the material known...
manufactured in the United States by four American firms, including The Okonite Calendar Company, General Cable, Phelps Dodge and the General Electric...
Willis Company, while Hecla Iron Works, Atlas Cement Company, and the Okonite Company of Passaic were principal suppliers. The foundations were constructed...