First Electric Chair at Ohio State Penitentiary

First Electric Chair at Ohio State Penitentiary

Photo of the first electric chair at Ohio State Penitentiary. The chair is in the middle of a room.

A 1908 description of an execution states that 1750 volts were used in the electric chair for the first seven seconds and then 250 volts for the remainder of a minute. The caption reads, "The first electric chair at the Ohio State Penitentiary. Believed to be the first used anywhere for electrocution."

Columbus Metropolitan Library

1908 (ca.)

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776/E38/00/01

Columbus Metropolitan Library

English

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