Early Electrical Switchboard | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

Photograph

Early Electrical Switchboard

Early Electrical Switchboard | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
A man shows off an incandescent lamp switchboard with bamboo filiament, lamp receptacle with wooden base, current and pressure indicators and controlling devices at the electrical plant operated by water power, the first commercial electric lighting plant.
DESCRIPTION
A man shows off an incandescent lamp switchboard with bamboo filiament, lamp receptacle with wooden base, current and pressure indicators and controlling devices at the electrical plant operated by water power, the first commercial electric lighting plant.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:28334
Creation Date:circa 1882
Creator Name:Unknown
City:Appleton
County:Outagamie
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Appleton, Wis., hydroelectric power plant photographs, 1882-1954
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:PH 978
Original Dimensions:8 x 10 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
See Wisconsin Magazine of History, Sept. 1918, v. 2, no. 1, opp. p. 80.
SUBJECTS
Indoor photography
Portrait photography
Suits (Clothing)
Machinery
Men
Electric power
Public utilities

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