Box, Control
Object number2011.116.20 a-d
Manufacturer
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Manufacturer
P.O. Moore, Inc.
Manufacturer
Yale and Towne Manufacturing Company
Date1967
OriginUnited States of America
OriginGlen Riddle, PA
OriginChicago, IL
Mediumvarious metals; rubber; plastic
Credit LineGift of the Sports and Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County
DescriptionRoof control boxes.Dimensions(a) Height: ~43 ; Width: 60; Depth: ~32(d) H: 24; W: 20 ; Dp: 7
Inscriptions(a)
Numbers "15, 5, 0,5,15"; paper: numbers followed by colors.
Plastic plates with white text on left top.
Lower left front has a removable door with black and red push buttons and plastic labels.
To right of door are five more punch buttons with labels.
Embossed metal label in center with red background.
Right front top has three red and green gauges for leavers with labels.
Four nameplates below leavers entitled, "FAULTFINDER" with A-D.
Turning knob marked "LOCAL LOCKOUT REMOTE".
Six black push buttons on lower right corner with nameplates.
(c)
Metal keychain with paper insert, illegible handwritten in pencil.
(d)
Top half left column label: "TOP / RIGHT"; top right column label: "LOWER / INTERMEDIATE / RIGHT"; bulbs labeled either "OPEN" or "CLOSE".
Bottom half of columns: left label, "TOP / LEFT"; center, "upper / INTERMEDIATE / LEFT".
Marks(a)
"Westinghouse" & UPC;
"Made in USA / Westinghouse / FEET"
Turning knob has "WESTINGHOUSE / NP25918-D MADE IN U.S.A." below.
(c)
"P.O.MOORE, INC. / GLEN RIDDLE, PA".
Key: embossed, "THE YALE TOWNE MFG. CO. / YALE"; opposite side, "MADE IN U.S.A. / [engraved] 77B626".
(d)
"Westinghouse" metal plate on top
Label plate located on inside, lower right back wall.
Plate: "WESTINGHOUSE / CONTROLLER" followed by black print most with engraved answers: "VOLTS 110" , "PHASE 1" , "CYC. 60" , ORDER / DATA PGJC-25860-CGX" , "DRAWING / NO. 1 / CG53C042 SUR" , "BUILT BT DISTRICT M & R--CHICAGO, ILL. / NP43644-C WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. MADE IN U.S.A."
Historical NotesRoof controls boxes from press box in the Civic Arena. These were more of a "remote" control. The controls in the tunnel were the "main" controls used to operate the roof.
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Pittsburgh Penguins
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