Cable and Pipe Display of 345 KV feeder cable
date: label: date made
content: ca 1970
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Electric power lines have been connecting generating plants to customers since Thomas Edison put lines under the streets of New York City in 1880. Today aluminum lines like these carry electricity hundreds of miles. Hanging these high-voltage lines from towers allows the heat generated by their electrical resistance to dissipate into the air. The expanded area near the center is where the cable connects to an insulator.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (cable part)
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Energy & Power
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Consolidated Edison Company of New York, thru B. P. Stengren
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.330142
label: catalog number
content: 330142
label: accession number
content: 294058
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cable Sample
label: Object Name
content: power transmission cables
label: Object Name
content: electrical cable
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 112 in x 24 in x 24 in; 284.48 cm x 60.96 cm x 60.96 cm