Coil, Spark

Object/Artifact

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Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Coil, Spark

Entry/Object ID

1.89.174

Description

Material: wood, metal. Size: 4" W. x 3 3/4" D. x 7" L. Description: wooden box - rectangular shaped - coil with spark gap located inside at one end of the box - two terminals with screw posts along one side of box - black metal name plate on top with gold lettering: "The 'New Way' Spark Coil Type L. Adjusted for 4 dry cells. The 'New Way' Motor Company, Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A." - trade mark symbol on plate.

Context

Part of the Fred G. Dustin Collection of Electrical Artifacts. This collection, originally displayed at the 1910 Electric Show in Minneapolis, was kept at Hodgson Hall for many years. In 1988-1989, it was dismantled, cleaned, and some items were taken to...(information has been lost). Transferred to the Bakken Museum in Minneapolis on 11 July 2006.

Cataloged By

Legacy Artifacts Import

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Coil, Spark

Class

Energy Production T & E

Category

Tools & Eq for Sci & Tech

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Deaccession

D.1.89.174

Create Date

May 31, 1989

Update Date

November 21, 2024