Widow Makers in New Zealand

By Geoff Clark; posted December 26, 2018

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I went to the monthly street market in Cambridge, a town in the North island here in NZ. Vendors up the main street plus several side streets and I usually do a regular circuit. This day I went the opposite direction and on crossing the street towards the 'Casino Hotel', I noticed a nice row of Westinghouse 'Widow Maker' fuses high up on the building. I usually came from under the Hotel balcony and across to the other side without thinking to look back so hadn't noticed them before. The Casino Hotel was one of the first buildings in town to get electric power connected up. The Hotel's night club was known as the 'Voltage'. Went back on a quiet day and took these pics for the interest of the 'Westinghouse Collectors'. See next two pics for details.

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