Western Union transfer switch
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 10-position switch on a wood base. Includes a metal switch arm with plastic handle and tar-tape wrapped connections, brass contacts and terminal leads, brass holders for position markers (no markers included). Cloth insulated copper lines inset in bottom. Paper tag: "Western Union Telegraph Museum" and "transfer switch RHU Chicago rec'd 10/68".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Western Union
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.294351.019
label: accession number
content: 294351
label: catalog number
content: 294351.019
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Switch
label: Object Name
content: electrical switch
label: Object Name
content: telegraph switch
label: Other Terms
content: Switch; Telegraphy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (part: material)
label: Measurements
content: switch: 2 1/2 in x 9 3/4 in x 8 in; 6.35 cm x 24.765 cm x 20.32 cm