Benwood Rotary Quenched Gap
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1920
label: date made
content: c. 1920
label: date made
content: ca 1920
name: label: maker
content: Benwood Specialty Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "Benwood Rotary / Quenched Gap / The Benwood Co / St. Louis, Mo". Rotary spark gap is aluminum case. Glass insulators are employed on side of unit. Designed for power up to 1 kilowatt. REF: "F.D. Pitts Company Catalogue No. 22", pages 68-69. (Clark Collection: CL 15). "National Radio Supply Co. Catalog", ca. 1920, p. 71.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Franklin Wingard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.320717
label: catalog number
content: 320717
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: spark gap
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 5 3/4 in x 9 1/2 in; 30.48 cm x 14.605 cm x 24.13 cm