Photograph
Early Electrical Switchboard
| 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. |
| Image ID: | 28334 |
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| 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 |
| See Wisconsin Magazine of History, Sept. 1918, v. 2, no. 1, opp. p. 80. |
| Indoor photography |
| Portrait photography |
| Suits (Clothing) |
| Machinery |
| Men |
| Electric power |
| Public utilities |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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