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- Elektron Manufacturing Company Double Pole Main Electric Switch, circa 1889 - Switches open or close an electrical circuit to turn things off or on. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, knife switches were commonly found in engine or generating rooms, connected to factory motors, or mounted on a building's power and lighting switchboard. Operators pushed the hinged, metal blades into the switch's jaws to send electricity to where it was needed.
- circa 1889
- Collections - Artifact
Elektron Manufacturing Company Double Pole Main Electric Switch, circa 1889
Switches open or close an electrical circuit to turn things off or on. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, knife switches were commonly found in engine or generating rooms, connected to factory motors, or mounted on a building's power and lighting switchboard. Operators pushed the hinged, metal blades into the switch's jaws to send electricity to where it was needed.
- Elektron Manufacturing Company Countershaft, 1890-1895 -
- 1890-1895
- Collections - Artifact
Elektron Manufacturing Company Countershaft, 1890-1895