CHARGER, BATTERY

Description: BLACK METAL. A SQUARE PIECE ON TOP IS SUSPENDED OVER ANOTHER SQUARE PIECE, WHICH IS ABOVE A ROUND COMPARTMENT. THE SIDES AND BOTTOM OF ROUND COMPARTMENT ARE COVERED BY ROUND HOLES. INSIDE ARE MULTIPLE GREENISH CYLINDERS. ON TOP SQUARE PIECE IS A ROUND GAUGE, INSET UNDER GLASS, THAT READS "SANGAMO ELEC. CO.,SPRINGFIELD,ILL.,U.S.A. AMPERES D.C. MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES CO., PITTSBURGH, PA. WESTON MODEL 301". UNDERNEATH GAUGE IS A KNOB, WITH SCALLOPED EDGES, AND AN ARROW EMBOSSED ON IT. BELOW KNOB IS A METAL LABEL THAT READS "CAUTION-TURN HANDLE CLOCKWISE TO EXTREME RIGHT BEFORE TURNING SWITCH "ON" ". BELOW LABEL IS A SMALL BLACK KNOB WHICH CAN BE SET INTO FOUR DIFFERENT POSITIONS: TWO "ON" AND TWO "OFF". EMBOSSED ON TOP IS "M-S-A CONTROL PANEL MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES CO. BRADDOCK, THOMAS AND MEADE STS., PITTSBURGH, PA.". ALSO ON TOP ARE MULTIPLE HOLES THAT ALMOST FORM A COMPLETE CIRCLE.

History: DONOR WAS AN ELECTRICIAN AT M&S COAL MINE, NEAR ESTEVAN, SASKATCHEWAN, IN THE LATE 1950'S. HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DISMANTLING MINE. THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WAS USED IN THE MINES AND SALVAGED BY DONOR. DONOR MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1970 FOR A BETTER PAYING JOB; ALREADY HAD MANY RELATIVES LIVING HERE. DONOR IS AN ELECTRICIAN AND OWNS QUEST ELECTRIC & ALARM. DONOR HAS ALSO BEEN A HAM RADIO OPERATOR SINCE 1961.