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- OBJECT TYPE
- TURN KEY
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0363.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- 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
- BRASS/ MICA/ VULCANIZED RUBBER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 5.8 cm
- Width
- 4.0 cm
- Height
- 6.5 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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TYPE OF SOCKET USED IN CANADA CIRCA 1900. FROM COLLECTION OF CONSUMERS' GAS OF TORONTO, INCORPORATED IN 1848 TO SUPPLY GAS LIGHTING TO CITY OF TORONTO. AFTER 1880, IN FACE OF COMPETITION WITH & EVENTUAL REPLACEMENT BY ELECTRIC LIGHTING, CG BEGAN SUPPLYING GAS AS FUEL FOR APPLIANCES & LATER FOR HEATING. - Function
-
PART OF ELECTRIC LIGHT WHICH SUPPORTS & CONNECTS TO ELECTRICITY A LAMP OR OTHER ELECTRICAL DEVICE. - Technical
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GAS LIGHTING, USING COAL GAS, WAS FIRST USED IN CANADIAN CITIES TO LIGHT STREETS, FIRST IN MONTREAL IN 1837 & IN TORONTO IN 1848, & LATER FOR INTERIOR LIGHTING AS WELL. BY 1880S, USE OF ELECTRICITY HAD SPREAD TO CANADA FROM U.S., EVENTUALLY REPLACING GAS LIGHTING. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED "250V-50CP" ON SOCKET/ MOULDED "ALPHA" ON TURN KEY
- Missing
- UNKNOWN
- Finish
- REMAINS OF GILT FINISHON SOCKET/ BLACK TURN KEY
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Socket, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1998.0363, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0363.001/
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