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- OBJECT TYPE
- TURN/SURFACE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1971.0701.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- FERROUS METAL & WOOD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 9.3 cm
- Width
- 9.3 cm
- Height
- 9.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- User site
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
SAID TO BE PART OF THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT USED IN THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL INSTALLATION OF INCANDESCENT LIGHTING IN CANADA - Function
-
TO ALLOW A CONNECTION TO BE MADE OR BROKEN IN AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF AN EARLY TYPE OF SWITCH USED IN CONTROLLING A LIGHTING CIRCUIT - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN ORIGINALLY PAINTED METALLIC GOLD, MUCH IS NOW MISSING, SHOWING MOSTLY BRASS COLOUR & BLACK SURFACES/ BOTTOM OF WOOD BASE UNFINISHED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Switch, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1971.0701, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1971.0701.001/
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