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The first circuit breaker

ca. 1917

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The first circuit breaker
  • Title
  • The first circuit breaker
  • Date
  • ca. 1917
  • Identifier
  • 20170323-hpichswp-0019
  • Source Identifier
  • MSS_920_B004_F066_I001
  • Description
  • A view of an electric circuit-breaker. A label placed next to the circuit-breaker reads "The first circuit breaker - commercial form. Though intended for only 500 volts, one of these was protecting a 2200 volt circuit in 1917."
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
    Electric circuit-breakers.
  • Source
  • George Westinghouse Museum Collection, c.1864-2007, MSS 920, Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • George Westinghouse Museum Collection
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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