Switchboard

Made:
circa 1930
maker:
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company Limited

Black slate switchboard in two parts. 1) amp meters and voltmeters, 3 knife edge switches, 2 rotary switches, nameplate. 2) 2 large white china fuses, 1 small. Used in the Cavendish Physics laboratories, Cambridge as part of electrical installation, c 1930.

Details

Category:
Electricity Supply
Object Number:
Y1975.19.1
type:
switchboards
credit:
Gift of Whipple Museum of the History of Science