lineman's strap block
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A strap block without wire grips. Used by station linemen (trouble shooters) about 1900 for mending breaks and pulling slack in wires.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Western Union Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.333404
label: accession number
content: 294351
label: catalog number
content: 333404
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Leggins
label: Object Name
content: Strap Blocks
label: Object Name
content: strap blocks
label: Other Terms
content: Leggins; Strap Blocks; Telegraphy
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: rolled: 11 in x 5 1/4 in x 2 in; 27.94 cm x 13.335 cm x 5.08 cm