Edison fuse block and fuse
date: label: Date made
content: 1881
name: label: maker
content: Edison Electric Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Original safety plugs put in on system in December, 1881. Prior to this a small section of lead wire had been soldered into the trunk line and there were no safety plugs [fuses] on any of the main lines to the lamps. 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.180943
label: catalog number
content: 180943
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: 4 in x 5 in x 1 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 12.7 cm x 3.81 cm