Edison "safety plug" and mounting block
date: label: date made
content: 1881
name: label: maker
content: Edison Electric Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Two wooden fuse blocks wired in series and mounted on a museum-made base. Fuses use the Johnson bevel-ring style of connector. Used in the Hinds-Ketchum printing plant as part of the first commercial installation of the Edison lighting system.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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.180946
label: catalog number
content: 180946
label: accession number
content: 24315
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fuseblock
label: Other Terms
content: Fuseblock; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/4 in x 7 in x 6 in; 26.035 cm x 17.78 cm x 15.24 cm
label: Measurements
content: fuse blocks only: 3 1/2 in x 5 in x 1 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 12.7 cm x 3.81 cm