Electric Lighting Switchboard, Gloucester, 1899

Made:
1899
maker:
Unknown
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Lighting switchboard installed in a church in Gloucester in 1899, and used for forty years

Details

Category:
Electricity Supply
Object Number:
1985-904
Materials:
ceramic, brass, porcelain and metal
Measurements:
overall: 365 x 365 x 80 mm
weight: 8kg
weight: 17.63707lbs
type:
switchboards and electric switches
credit:
Delta Metal Co.

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