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Light Bulb
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| Accession #: | 2962.467 |
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| Title: | Light Bulb |
| Object Type: | Bulb, Light |
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| Physical Description: | Smoke colored lightbulb, with a looped wire filament, and brass base. |
| Description: | Spokane's falls not only powered flour and saw mills, but also generated electricity at a competitively low price as early as 1885. Four years later, Washington Water Power Company constructed a power station on the high falls near Monroe Street. Over the next fifty years, the building of northwest hydroelectric plants stimulated continued economic growth in both urban and rural areas. |
| Category: | History |
| Subjects/Topics/Concepts: |
Technology (Tools & Equipment)
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| Dimensions: |
length 5"
Circumference at Top 9 1/2"
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| Materials/Techniques: |
wire (Material)
glass (Material)
brass (alloy) ( |
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| Credit Line: | Museum Transfer, Fort Wright Historical Museum, 1983 |
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