Found this old electric fixture in dredge spoils from the ocean years ago thought it was a cool piece of history "Power and energy Society" 1912
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Cool piece of electrical history, but 'P.E.S. MFG. CO.' has nothing to do with the 'Power & Energy Society', which wasn't known by that name in 1912.
That's part of a switch, produced by the Perkins Electric Switch Manufacturing Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. I didn't check all patents for that date, but it may be part of this type of switch, invented by Anthony F. Wallbillich and granted a patent on 17th September 1912 as for the date on yours:
Last edited by painshill; 11-30-2022, 08:16 PM.I keep six honest serving-men (they taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who.
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