Edison fuse block with bevel-ring fuse
date: label: Date made
content: 1881
name: label: maker
content: Edison Electric Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Maple block, 3 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches, with one fuse in round wooden plug. Donor reports: "Original cut out plug. Made in 1881 or 1882 . The first lines had no cut out or safety plugs. In 1881 safety links were put on the copper lines by inserting short sections of lead wire . The next improvement was the adoption of these blocks in which the safety link is inserted in the wooden screw connecting with the brass bands through which the current passed."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Joseph E. Hinds
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.205603
label: catalog number
content: 205603
label: accession number
content: 036642
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fuse Block
label: Object Name
content: fuseblock
label: Other Terms
content: Fuse Block; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; x 8.89 cm x 8.89 cm