Name/Title
Plaques for Electric Light Standards installed in 1911Entry/Object ID
2009.8.1Description
ACC. NO. 09.8.1 A,B,C
SUBJECT CATEGORY: ALAMEDA POWER & TELECOM
DATE OR PERIOD: AFTER 1911
OBJECT: PLAQUES
DESCRIPTION:
THREE IDENTICAL EMBOSSED IRON PLAQUES. EMBOSSED RAISED LETTERING STATES, "ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT."
SIZE: L 5-1/2" X W 4-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: PLAQUES THAT WERE PLACED AT THE BASES OF ELECTRIC LIGHT STANDARDS TO COVER THE WIRING. THE STANDARDS WERE INSTALLED IN 1911 AND WERE SITUATED THROUGHOUT ALAMEDA. THEY CAN PRESENTLY BE SEEN ON BAY STREET, ST CHARLES ST, AND STERLING AVENUE.
DONOR: ALAMEDA BUREAU OF ELECTRICITY (OR OTHER NAMED ELECTRIC. CO.)
CATALOGED: FEBRUARY 14, 2009