Weatherproof Electric Power Transmission Cable
date: label: date made
content: 1897
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The cables needed to transmit electrical power may seem simple but are actually complex technological artifacts. Cables are designed for many different applications, for example, indoor or outdoor use. This power cable was described by GE engineer William Clark in 1898 as follows: “300,000 [circular mil] cable, [having] the braids saturated with bituminous compound. These cables are intended for overhead wiring."
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Energy & Power
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from General Electric Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.181714
label: catalog number
content: 181714
label: accession number
content: 33184
label: maker number
content: 673
objectType: label: Object Name
content: power cable
label: Object Name
content: cable sample
label: Other Terms
content: cable sample; Cables and Wires; Power
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bituminous compound (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 1 in; 30.48 cm x 2.54 cm