Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2014.01.027
Accession#:
2014.01
Credit Line:
Transferred from the Alaska State Museum.
Object Name:
Switch
Title:
Wooden Box with Knife Switch
Year Range from:
1890
Year Range to:
1940
Description:
Electrical knife switch inside a wooden box. The box is painted black. It has a slanted overhanging top. The front panel has two hinged on the proper left and opens to reveal the switch inside. There is a metal latch on the proper right that allows the door to be secured closed. The wood box is held together with metal screws. Inside is a metal knife switch with a coated handle (black). There is a cut out in the bottom of the box which allows the switch to be pulled down.
Notes:
The collection is assumed to have been collection from the old AJ Generator Shed in the Last Chance Basin. The collection was on long term loan to the Alaska State Museum from the 1960—1970s until December 2013 when the Alaska State Museum dismantled their mining.
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Last Chance Gold Mining Co.
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Mine
Last Chance Basin
Last Chance Gold Mining Co.
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