Receptacle, electric
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 2 prong/surface/tandem-parallel
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2640.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- SYM7168/543-A
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- porcelain shell/ copper/ wax
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- 3.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 5.5 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- User site
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1920s
- Canada
-
An example of a receptacle of a type possibly made & used in Canada. Part of a large & varied collection of over 7500 electrical items acquired & documented by Ontario Hydro in the 1960s. The collection was thought to be the largest & most comprehensive of its kind in Canada & was donated to the National Museum of Science & Technology in 1992. - Function
-
An electrical wiring device used to provide a point at which power can be drawn from a wiring system by means of a plug . - Technical
-
An example of a receptacle of circa 1920. In the early 1890s Charles G. Perkins of Hartford, CT, patented a electrical ceiling fixture & a plug & receptacle for electrical purposes was patented in 1894, incidentally introducing the nomenclature (Ref. 4).This kind of receptacle with both the parallel & tandem slots was common around 1920 when efforts were made to push the industry towards standardization of plugs & receptacles. This kind of receptacle had the same purpose as the popular T-slot as they each accepted both kinds of blade positions. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- raised lettering on underside reads "SYM7168" & "CAT. G.E. 543-A"
- Missing
- appears complete
- Finish
- glazed white porcelain/ red-brown wax/ gold coloured metal
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian General Electric Co., Receptacle, electric, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1992.2640, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2640.001/
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