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OBJECT TYPE: CLUSTER/SCREW-MOUNT/2 WAY
DATE: 1906–1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.1914.001

MANUFACTURER: MESSERVEY'S
MODEL: 100
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: BRASS AND PORCELAIN

Dimensions

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

Length: 7.4 cm
Width: 6.7 cm
Height: 7.7 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: MESSERVEY
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: PROBABLY BETWEEN 1906 AND THE 1920S
Canada: WAS MADE FOR THE CANADIAN MARKET AS STAMPED "APPROVED BY HYDRO COMMISSION". EXAMPLE OF ADAPTOR USED IN URBAN MIDDLE & UPPER CLASS HOUSEHOLDS TO CONNECT THE NEW DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES TO THE EXISTING LIGHT SOCKET.
Function: USED TO INCREASE THE OUTLET FROM A SINGLE SOCKET TO TWO SOCKETS.
Technical: DEVELOPED IN THE EARLY 1900S TO MEET THE GROWING NEED OF PLUG-INS FOR THE INCREASING NUMBER OF DOMESTIC APPLIANCE PURCHASES AT A TIME OF FEW ELECTRIC WALL OUTLETS. THEY APPEARED IN CATALOGUES UNTIL THE END OF THE 1920S AND THEN VANISHED. [REF 2]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: STAMPED ON BODY: 'APPROVED BY/ HYDRO ELEC.COMMISSION/ MESSERVEY'S/ NO. 100/ 660-W/ 250-V'
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: UNFINISHED
Decoration: N/A

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MESSERVEY'S, Adapter, between 1906–1930, Artifact no. 1992.1914, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1914.001/

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