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OBJECT TYPE: PUSH BUTTON/SINGLE POLE/IOA,125V
DATE: 1926
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.0140.001

MANUFACTURER: Banfield
MODEL: 2901
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL FACEPLATE/ BAKELITE SWITCH BUTTONS/ METAL WORKING PARTS (PROBABLY BRASS OR A BRASS ALLOY)/ CERAMIC BASES/ BRASS & STEEL BOLTS

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: 11.4 cm
Height: 5.4 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: Banfield
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: ACCORDING TO DONOR THIS SWITCH WAS REPLACED WHEN THE HOUSE WHERE IT WAS FOUND, WAS REWIRED IN 1926
Canada: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: LETTERING ON 2 SWITCH BUTTONS, WORN & ILLEGIBLE/ INFORMATIONSTAMPED INTO TOP PLATE: 'BANFIELD', 'H.E.P.C. APP'D', '10 AMP. 125 V.', '5 AMP. 250 V.'/ CERAMIC BASES HAVE BEVELED EDGES & EMBOSSED NUMBERS '2901'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BRASS FINISH ON FACE PLATE/ BLACK SWITCH BUTTONS; TWO BUTTONS HAVE DISC INSERTS WITH A MOTHER OF PEARL APPEARANCE/ WHITE CERAMIC BASES/ FACE PLATE FINISH I WORN, PARTICULARLY AROUND BUTTON HOLES; THERE ARE SEVERAL SCRATCHES. LETTERING IN SWITCH BUTTONS IS WORN & ILLEGIBLE. A SPRING MECHANISM IS DETACHED FROM ONE OF THE SWITCHES; HOWEVER, THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY MISSING PIECES. CERAMIC BASES ARE DIRTY & CHIPPED
Decoration: N/A

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Banfield, Switch, before 1926, Artifact no. 1966.0140, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0140.001/

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