Niagara Lockport & Ontario Power Co. Antique Brass Lock N.L.O.P.CO. Edison Tesla

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USA BIDDERS AND USA SHIPPING ONLY. Up for auction is this vintage antique large brass heart shaped lock/padlock, in original rustic condition. Heavily embossed on reverse side N.L.& O.P. Co. Body and shackle are brass and no attempt to clean has been made, the chain is rusty. Marked on shackle "Fraim". See pictures and bid accordingly thanks.  Keywords: Edison Tesla Marconi Railroad Alternating Direct Current Inventor Telegraph Radio Tower Lineman Gauge Electrician Falls Hydroelectric Generating Plant Buffalo New York Westinghouse General Electric Henry Ford Lightbulb Gaslight World's Columbian Exposition 1893 Coil Steampunk. "
In 1905, a syndicate headed by J. J. Albright and Henry Herman Westinghouse (brother of George Westinghouse) acquired control Niagara, Lockport and Ontario Power Company from Joseph G. Robin and his associates. The purchasing syndicate included: Albright, Westinghouse, New York Central Railroad, Vanderbilt interest, and Horace E. Andrews, of Cleveland (president of the New York State Railways), the Mohawk Valley Company, the Rochester Railway & Light Company, director of the Michigan Central Railway, West Shore Railway, Schenectady Railway Company, and Havana Railway, Light & Power Company, among others.
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