S.T. Mfg. Co. "Mason" lightning arrester
date: label: date made
content: ca 1905
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A ceramic base with two wire-wound rectangular bars set side by side and insulated with mica sheets. Made by Sumter Telephone Mfg. Co. on the patent of Charles T. Mason. Molded on back: " 'Mason' / S.T. Mfg. Co. / Sumter, S.C. / U.S.A. / Patented". Reference: US Patent 792435, "Lightning Arrester," issued 13 June 1905 to Charles T. Mason. See also, advertisement, Telephone Magazine 26, #1, July 1905: 4.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.241556.772
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 241556.772
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lightning arrester
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 3 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in; 2.54 cm x 8.89 cm x 6.985 cm