Electric Power Transmission Cable with Jacket
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. Modern cables inherit the lessons learned during more than a century of research and experience. This power cable was described by GE engineer William Clark in 1898 as follows: “1,000,000 [circular mil] cable composed of 59 wires, each .1305" in diameter, containing two insulated pressure wires each 2500 C.M. area, the whole insulated with saturated paper 5/32" thick and finished with lead 1/8" thick. This is a feeder cable for circuits not exceeding 2000 volts working pressure on Edison three wire circuits. An outside jacket of tarred jute and asphalt [prevents] corrosion."
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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.181708
label: catalog number
content: 181708
label: accession number
content: 33184
label: maker number
content: 1
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: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: lead (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: jute (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: asphalt (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 2 1/8 in; 30.48 cm x 5.3975 cm