Mike (mamills)—I agree with you. The top row of "handles" look like each may have a pair of <several square-inch> contacts at the very top—not sure. Look at the first two [closest/left side] switches—the first/largest appears to be open, and the one to the right looks more like it may be closed.

[These sorta’ remind me of crude bolted-pressure-contact switches, maybe?]

Also—The top row of switches look to be "ON" {closed} when the handles are in the DOWN position...and maybe "OFF" {open} with the handles are the UP position. Compare the left’s “wide open” upper gap versus the right’s “closed” gap. The open faces look like they may be contact surfaces, but—as adjacent pairs—seem too close together to be opposite DC-poles.

Or am I nuts again?