Specimen of underground electric power cable, 3 conductors, 5 mil
date: label: date made
content: 1900
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Underground Electric Cable, 3 power conductors of 7 strands copper wire each separately insulated with heavy covering of rubber bedded in jute and covered with outside rubber insulation and lead. Made by the Safety Insulated Wire and Cable Co. of New York, and put in service in Wisconsin in November 1900 by the St. Croix Power Co. to carry a current of 25,000 volts.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from the St. Paul Gas Light Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.209182
label: catalog number
content: 209182
label: accession number
content: 37405
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cable
label: Object Name
content: cable sample
label: Other Terms
content: Cable; Cables and Wires; Power
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 cm x 6 cm; x 5 1/2 in x 2 3/8 in