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Inscribedraised letters on each block: 1000 AMP / NO 8159
FunctionAccording to card, the shut is pivoted with bolts rather than wing bolts for current conductors, which would indicate it was used with a switchboard meter.
ProvenanceFrom the Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Harvard University. Was used for teaching Physics 3 class; and from Pierce Hall, Engineering School, Harvard University.