Collection Highlights
Regularly we will showcase an item from the museum collection.
We received samples of straight joints from Edison Street
Tubes, which were laid in Brisbane in the 19th century to
supply electricity to Parliament House.
The Edison 2-conductor street tube was the first underground
electricity main laid in Brisbane, in 1884. The 3-conductor
street tube, was installed in 1892. These Edison Street Tubes
supplied the original electric lighting in Queensland's Parliament
House in George Street.
These samples were located and recovered from William Street,
Brisbane, in January 1992 by staff from the South East Queensland
Electricity Board, and the Queensland Museum.
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