General Cable Corporation Cables, 1935-1938
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Artifact Overview
Artifact Details
Artifact
Electric cable
Date Made
1935-1938
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
38.720.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Lead (Metal)
Copper (Metal)
Wood (Plant material)
Waxed paper
Color
Brown
Copper (Color)
Inscriptions
on nameplate, repeated three times:
GENERAL CABLE
on plaque:
69000 VOLT UNDERGROUND CABLE/ COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO./ CHICAGO, ILL./ 1938
on plaque:
138,000 VOLT UNDERGROUND CABLE/ PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC & GAS CO.
/ NEWARK, N.J./1937
on plaque:
287,000 VOLT TYPE HH OVERHEAD CABLE/ BOULDER DAM TO LOS ANGELES/ 1935/ THE HIGHEST VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION LINE OF THE WORLD
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