Receptacle, electric & socket
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SCREW/SERIES STREET LIGHTING
- DATE
- 1914
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1726.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 CERAMIC & METAL/.2 METAL & PROBABLY SYNTHETIC OR RESIN
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.2 cm
- Width
- 8.2 cm
- Height
- 9.2 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
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- SERIES STREET LIGHTING WAS THE MOST COMMON SYSTEM UNTIL EARLY 1950'S WHENMULTIPLE SYSTEM BEGAN TO TAKE OVER
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
.1 &.2 USED TOGETHER TO SUPPORT A LAMP & TO CONNECT IT TO ELECTRICITY/ A FILM CUTOUT IS USED BETWEEN THE 2 PIECES SO THAT A SHORT CIRCUIT WILL BE CREATED IF LAMP BURNS OUT, & OTHER LAMPS IN CIRCUIT CAN THUS CONTINUE TO BURN - Technical
-
THE USE OF THIS 2 PIECE UNIT WITH A REPLACEABLE FILM CUTOUT USED IN BETWEEN ALLOWED LAMPS TO BE OPERATED IN SERIES WITHOUT HAVING ONE BURN OUT LAMP AFFECTING THE OPERATION OF OTHERS IN THE CIRCUIT/ WHEN A LAMP BURNED OUT THE FILM CUTOUT PUNCTURED, CREATING A SHORT CIRCUIT & ALLOWING CONTINUOUS OPERATION OF THE WHOLE STRING - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- .1 GLAZED WHITE BODY, COPPER & BRASS COLOUR PTS/.2 COPPER COLOUR WITH BLACK RIM
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Receptacle, electric & socket, circa 1914, Artifact no. 1992.1726, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1726.001/
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