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Re: Exide Glass Batteries-Need Info
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John Vanco <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 13 Jun 1996 09:24:38 -0400
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Your batteries might well have supported a telephone system, or very
possibly a dc electric system. They are not rare, as I have seen them in
"antique" shops on several occasions. When the local electric company here
renovated part of its old plant about 20 years ago, they discarded a lot of
somewhat larger glass cells (without the Exide mark), which had apparently
been part of  a backup battery system for the power grid! probably in the
19th century.

John Vanco
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John Vanco
Erie Art Museum
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Erie, PA 16501
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