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- Wooden Fixture Cut-Out, 1886 - Short circuits and current overloads can overheat wires within electrical power and lighting systems, causing damage and possibly starting a fire. In the late 19th century, a cutout with a fuse or fuse-wire protected these systems--the fuse would burn out and break the electric circuit if a surge or overload occurred. Replacing the fuse returned the circuit to working order.
- 1886
- Collections - Artifact
Wooden Fixture Cut-Out, 1886
Short circuits and current overloads can overheat wires within electrical power and lighting systems, causing damage and possibly starting a fire. In the late 19th century, a cutout with a fuse or fuse-wire protected these systems--the fuse would burn out and break the electric circuit if a surge or overload occurred. Replacing the fuse returned the circuit to working order.
- Square D Company Circuit Breaker - In the late 1800s, as companies began producing electricity to light cities, run streetcars, and power factories, homes and offices, new apparatus was needed to safely deliver and use electricity. Excess current in a circuit could damage electric lines and equipment. Circuit breakers protected electrical circuits by automatically interrupting the power flow during an event overload.
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Square D Company Circuit Breaker
In the late 1800s, as companies began producing electricity to light cities, run streetcars, and power factories, homes and offices, new apparatus was needed to safely deliver and use electricity. Excess current in a circuit could damage electric lines and equipment. Circuit breakers protected electrical circuits by automatically interrupting the power flow during an event overload.
- Electric Cable, Used in Austrian and Hungarian Submarines during World War I, circa 1914 -
- circa 1914
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Electric Cable, Used in Austrian and Hungarian Submarines during World War I, circa 1914
- Electric Wire Used in Hungary during World War I, 1914-1918 -
- 1914-1918
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Electric Wire Used in Hungary during World War I, 1914-1918
- Three Wire Cleat, 1880-1900 -
- 1880-1900
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Three Wire Cleat, 1880-1900
- Main Line Cut-Out - Short circuits and current overloads can overheat wires within electrical power and lighting systems, causing damage and possibly starting a fire. In the late 19th century, a cutout with a fuse or fuse-wire protected these systems--the fuse would burn out and break the electric circuit if a surge or overload occurred. Replacing the fuse returned the circuit to working order.
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Main Line Cut-Out
Short circuits and current overloads can overheat wires within electrical power and lighting systems, causing damage and possibly starting a fire. In the late 19th century, a cutout with a fuse or fuse-wire protected these systems--the fuse would burn out and break the electric circuit if a surge or overload occurred. Replacing the fuse returned the circuit to working order.
- Line Cut-Out - Short circuits and current overloads can overheat wires within electrical power and lighting systems, causing damage and possibly starting a fire. In the late 19th century, a cutout with a fuse or fuse-wire protected these systems--the fuse would burn out and break the electric circuit if a surge or overload occurred. Replacing the fuse returned the circuit to working order.
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Line Cut-Out
Short circuits and current overloads can overheat wires within electrical power and lighting systems, causing damage and possibly starting a fire. In the late 19th century, a cutout with a fuse or fuse-wire protected these systems--the fuse would burn out and break the electric circuit if a surge or overload occurred. Replacing the fuse returned the circuit to working order.
- Two Wire Cleat, 1880-1900 -
- 1880-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Two Wire Cleat, 1880-1900
- Electrical Wiring with Cleats and Switch, Used at Boone Electric Light Company, 1885 -
- 1885
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Electrical Wiring with Cleats and Switch, Used at Boone Electric Light Company, 1885
- Table Lamp Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama -
- circa 1961
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Table Lamp Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama