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What sort of era is this photo? Maybe 1940s?

I'm guessing here that as in Britain, higher rated services would have started to become more common into the 1950s as people started using heavier loads in their homes.

What would have been a typical service for, say, an average 1000 sq. ft. home back in the 40s/50s?

condenseddave:
Welcome to ECN.

I heard a story from a guy who was working in an old house that once had gas lighting.

He was drilling a hole to run some cable and suddenly heard a "whooooooooosh" -- and smelled gas.

The old gas lines were never disconnected!

Fortunately, no injuries.

That one must have been high up there on the puckometer...

Many of these 40-50 yr old meters are still functional here in the land of maple syrup and ski bunnies

i refuse to pull them, for that reason.


Once in a while, the original knife blade on slate main diso is still active also...


[This message has been edited by sparky (edited 05-18-2003).]

Here's that meter years later:
http://www.netcom.com/~wa2ise/power/bnb-meter2.jpg
And these kids are up to no good for sure:
http://www.netcom.com/~wa2ise/power/bnb-meter1.jpg
That looks like a too long cable from the meter to the main panel..... :-)

Here's that meter years later:

And these kids are up to no good for sure:

That looks like a too long cable from the meter to the main panel..... :-)