Receptacle, electric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SINGLE/T-SLOT/FLUSH/W. PLATE
- DATE
- 1915–1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1929.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Smith & Stone
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PRESSED METAL PLATE; PORCELAIN & METAL RECPETACLE RETAINS SOME WAX SEALS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.4 cm
- Width
- 7.1 cm
- Height
- 3.8 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
- Smith Stone
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF RECEPTACLE USED C. 1915- 1930S.
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN THE 1960S. THIS COLLECTION CONSISTS OF OVER 7500 ARTIFACTS, AND IS THOUGHT TO BE THE LARGEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA. IT WAS DONATED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN 1992. - Function
-
PROVIDES A POINT AT WHICH POWER CAN BE DRAWN FROM A WIRING SYSTEM. - Technical
-
THE T-SLOT RECEPTACLE WAS INTRODUCED IN 1915 BY HUBBELL. THE T-SLOT, ALONG WITH THE SEPARABLE PLUG, MARKED THE BEGINNING OF STANDARDIZATION (FINALLY ACCOMPLISHED IN1925) WHERE BOTH TANDEM AND PARALLEL BLADES COULD BE ACCOMMODATED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- " S & S " & " 660W 250V " cast in raised print on plug fitting. "S S E CO.", "20" and "10 A 250 V" cast into porcelain housing on back.
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- PLATE IS BRASS-COLOURED; PLUG HOUSING PROPER IS DARK BROWN. WHITE PORCELAIN FITTING ON UNDERSIDE.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Smith & Stone, Receptacle, electric, circa 1915–1930, Artifact no. 1992.1929, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1929.001/
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