Lighting fixture, electric

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OBJECT TYPE: fluorescent/bipin
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0206.003

MANUFACTURER: General Electric
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 5
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Steel frame with synthetic bulb sockets, copper wiring, and glass bulb with metal caps

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 45.7 cm
Width: 7.5 cm
Height: 8.6 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Telephony
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: General Electric
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: CIRCA 1950
Canada: Unknown
Function: To provide light inside a sign.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: On the proper right end of the fixture: "GENERAL [logo] ELECTRIC/ 660W 600V/ MADE IN U.S.A./ U.S. PAT. 2262091,/ 2276842, RE22560"/ Printed on the glass of the lamp bulb: "F15T12-CW CANADA/ COOL WHITE SYLVANIA"
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Cream coloured frame with black tube sockets and a white tube lamp with silver coloured end-caps. On the proper bottom are black wires and a beige coloured wire with exposed copper-coloured ends and brown metal components.
Decoration: N/A

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General Electric, Lighting fixture, electric, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1978.0206, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0206.003/

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