Crouse-Hinds switch panel
date: label: date made
content: 1921
name: label: maker
content: Crouse-Hinds
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Installed in the A&I Building in 1921. Plate reads: "Crouse-Hinds Panel / Syracuse, N.Y., U.S.A. / Cat. No. 51206 / 36 amp. 125 volts". Second plate reads: "Underwriters Laboratories Inc. / Inspected / Panel Board / No. 221970". Twelve double-pole, single-throw knife switches with wooden handles, mounted on a slate panel along with a large triple-throw switch. Each smaller switch has an identification number and provision for two line fuses in a clamp holder. Some fuses are missing but normally range from 15 to 30 amps at 20 volts or less. Heavy copper bus bars are centrally located on the panel.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.322479
label: catalog number
content: 322479
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Switch Panel
label: Other Terms
content: Switch Panel; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/8 in x 17 1/2 in x 30 in; 8.5725 cm x 44.45 cm x 76.2 cm