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- OBJECT TYPE
- 2 PRONG/PARALLEL
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1975.001
- MANUFACTURER
- LEVITON
- 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
- SYNTHETIC CASING; METAL PRONGS & WIRING.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 4.8 cm
- Width
- 4.0 cm
- Height
- 1.5 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
- LEVITON
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF PLUG USED C. 1950S+
- 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
-
TO CONNECT AN ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE TO A POWER SUPPLY. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF 2 PRONG PLUG OF TYPE COMMON IN THIS PERIOD. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- " LEVITON/ 15A- 125V " incised in one side of each prong.
- Missing
- PRESUAMBLY INSULATING PAD OR DISK WAS FITTED TO UNDERSIDE.
- Finish
- OFF-WHITE SYNTHETIC CASING; BRASS-COLOURED PRONGS
- Decoration
- N/A
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LEVITON, Plug, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1992.1975, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1975.001/
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