Copper lightning rod tip
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Lightning rod, cast copper lightning rod point, having round shank with 5 tines. The stub of a steel connector emerges from the base. Shows traces of having been gilded. Irregular shape may be due to having been struck by lightning although there is no obvious sign of melting or burn marks. No information about the rod was received at the time of donation.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from DeLancey Gill
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.309801
label: catalog number
content: 309801
label: accession number
content: 109224
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lightning rod component
label: Object Name
content: lightning rod
label: Other Terms
content: Lightning Rod Tip; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 1 in x 1 in; 26.67 cm x 2.54 cm x 2.54 cm