Significance

Yields information about the materials and the methods of installing electrical domestic cables in Ballarat houses during the 1920's.

Physical description

Section of timber or wooden electrical conduit used in houses c1920, to contain wires for electrical lamps and fittings. Consists of a timber base (very light softwood - ??) with two slots that was nailed to a wall and after the cable installed a cover strip applied. Has one end mitred or cut at 45 degrees.



See Early Electrical wiring systems in American buildings - L. D. Mitchell