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- OBJECT TYPE
- SCREW/SERIES STREET LIGHTING
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1719.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PEMCO
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1-.2 METAL & CERAMIC WITH MICA INSULATORS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.7 cm
- Width
- 6.7 cm
- Height
- 9.2 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
- PEMCO
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- SERIES STREET LIGHTING WAS THE MOST COMMONLY USED SYSTEM UNTIL EARLY 1950'S WHEN MULTIPLE BEGAN TOTAKE OVER
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO SUPPORT & CONNECT TO ELECTRICITY A LAMP USED FOR SERIES STREET LIGHTING - Technical
-
THE USE OF A SOCKET SUCH AS THESE WITH A FILM CUTOUT ALLOWED FOR LAMPS TO BE OPERATED IN SERIES WITHOUT HAVING ONE BURNT-OUT LAMP AFFECT OTHERS WITHIN THE CIRCUIT - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1-.2 RAISED INSIDE RIM 'PATD' 'PEMCO' &.1 ALSO 'U.S.A.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- .1-.2 BODY IS GLAZED WHITE/.1 HAS DULL SILVERTONE METAL FITTINGS,.2 HAS COPPER COLOUR METAL FITTINGS
- Decoration
- .1-.2 LOWER RIM HAS SCALLOPED EDGE
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PEMCO, Socket, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1992.1719, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1719.001/
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