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Description: | mark, cast, F.H. Holmes PATENT
BUCKETT BROS. ENGINEERS LONDON
inscription, painting, BH17
An electric alternator for a lighthouse. This is one of 4 machines installed in 1872 at South Foreland Lighthouse, near Dover, to generate alternating current electricity for its arc lamps. This followed the success of the same system, installed in 1870, at Souter Lighthouse near Whitburn. These were among the first lighthouses to be lit reliably by electricity.
Material: metal, iron (cast)
Material: metal, steel
Material: metal, brass
Material: metal, copper
Material: shellac | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.science&industry.481739 | Go to resource |
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