keyed switch

Description (Brief):

A wooden housing with a wooden turn key, brass mechanism, two contact screws on one side. Countersunk screw hole on top, slot cut in one end. No extant markings, key rotates 90 degrees, spring loaded for the off position.

Date Made: ca 1881

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: from International Business Machines, Inc., William J. Hammer Collection

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: EM.241402.172Accession Number: 241402Catalog Number: 241402.172

Object Name: Switchelectrical switchOther Terms: Switch; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting

Measurements: switch: 2 1/2 in x 1 in x 2 in; 6.35 cm x 2.54 cm x 5.08 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-2619-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_708039

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