Electricity and Gas Museum

In the museum of Memory of Electricity, Gas and Public Lighting (MEGE), managed by volunteers in Paris, you can find all the historical equipment for electricity and gas distribution, and use, from the very high voltage machines, to the the heaters or lamps, or the first vacuum cleaners. Pieces of collection sometimes date back from the XIXth century. This serie shows the beauty of these old pieces often built in noble materials (marble, wood, copper, cast iron) as well as a certain beauty of industrial machinery. Thanks to Museum MEGE www.mege-paris.org

Inside a huge lamp

Old cast iron box used below sidewalks to connect electric cables

Pendulum meter, 1906. The timer of the meter is actuated by the differential between a constant pendulum animated by a clock system and a pendulum which varies according to the consumption.

Pendulum meter, 1906. The timer of the meter is actuated by the differential between a constant pendulum animated by a clock system and a pendulum which varies according to the consumption.

Voltmeter for substation command, beginning of XXth century

Voltmeter for substation command, beginning of XXth century

Firefighting equipment for substations

Firefighting equipment for substations

Firefighting equipment for substations

Firefighting equipment for substations

Compression of reformed gas meters

Command panel for substation

Command panel for 12000 Volts substation,(1910-1920).

Command panel for 12000 Volts substation,(1910-1920).

12 Ohm neutral resistor for 225/20 KV tranformer.

12 Ohm neutral resistor for 225/20 KV tranformer.

Wastes from repairs made in MEGE ;)

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