Plate, switch
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DOUBLE/FLUSH/PUSH BUTTON
- DATE
- 1920–1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1918.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric
- 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
- ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.5 cm
- Width
- 7.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- General Electric
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF SWITCH PLATE COVER PROBABLY USED C. 1920-1930, AND POSSIBLY LATER.
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE AND VARRIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN THE 1960S. THIS COLLECTION CONSISTS OF OVER 7500 ARTIFACTS, AND IS THOUGHT TO BE THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA. IT WAS DONATED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN 1992. - Function
-
TO PROVIDE SAFE AND ATTRACTIVE COVERING OVER SWITCH BOX, EXPOSED WIRING, AND OPENINGS AROUND WALL SWITCHES. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF COMMON SWITCH PLATE FOR PUSH-BUTTON TYPE ELECTRICAL SWITCH. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- " 040 " CRUDELY INCISED IN BACK.
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- DULL BRASS-COLOURED FINISH.
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Electric, Plate, switch, circa 1920–1930, Artifact no. 1992.1918, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1918.001/
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