Transformer
Foster Transformers Ltd.
Category
Historic Services / Electricity supply
Date
Unknown
Materials
unspecified
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire
NT 1275496
Summary
A historic lighting system comprising of a pair of step down transformers, one marked Foster Transformers Ltd SW19 No.213349 probably for local 5Amp lighting. Famed for having had its own domestic electricity supply for both electric heating and lighting but unfortunately little remains in the accumulator house of the original plant. Only mounting for an engine block, tiled underfloor ducting and wood wall mount.
Provenance
Bequest of George Bernard Shaw, 1950
Makers and roles
Foster Transformers Ltd. , manufacturer