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- OBJECT TYPE
- 2 PRONG/SINGLE/SCREW-IN
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1957.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Schenectady, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC & METAL CONSTRUCTION.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 2.9 cm
- Width
- 2.9 cm
- Height
- 2.9 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
- General Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Schenectady
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF LIGHT SOCKET PLUG OR CURRENT TAP USED C. 1920S- 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 & TECHNOLOGY IN 1992. - Function
-
PROVIDES A POINT AT WHICH POWER CAN BE DRAWN FROM A WIRING SYSTEM WHEN INSERTED INTO A LAMP RECEPTACLE. - Technical
-
LIGHT SOCKET PLUGS WERE FIRST MADE AVAILABLE (TO CONNECT APPLIANCES TO ELECTRICITY THROUGH LIGHT SOCKETS) IN 1892. FORTHE NEXT 25 YEARS MANY VERSIONS OF THIS PLUG WERE OFFERED: UNFORTUNATELY, THIS METHOD MEANT THAT APPLIANCE USERS OFTEN HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE APPLIANCE AND LIGHT. MANY OTHER PROBLEMS RESULTED IN THE INVENTION OF THE WALL RECEPTACLE AND PLUG. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- " 660 W./ 250 V./ G E [logo] " cast in raised print on top of cap.
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- DARK BROWN CAP; SILVER METAL THREADED FITTING.
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Electric Co., Tap, current, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1992.1957, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1957.001/
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