Light switch for Edison installation
date: label: Date made
content: 1881
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Original switch key by which current was turned on lamps in the building. #499 and 451 Water Street, New York City, on the evening of January 15, 1881. A wooden pivot switch mounted on a wooden base. Four binding posts. Used in the Hinds-Ketchum printing plant as part of the first commercial installation of the Edison lighting system.
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Energy & Power
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
label: Exhibition
content: Lighting a Revolution
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Joseph E. Hinds
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.180942
label: catalog number
content: 180942
label: accession number
content: 24315
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Switch
label: Object Name
content: electrical switch
label: Other Terms
content: Switch; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 13.97 cm x 6.35 cm