General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION, SAVE RUBBER INSULATION (?) LINER. REMAINS OF RUBBER COVERED ELECTRICAL WIRING EXTEND FROM ONE END OF RECEPTACLE.

Dimensions

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

Length

6.5 cm

Width

3.4 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

Bernstein

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF RECEPTACLE USED IN LATE 1800S.

Canada

PART OF A LARGE AND VARIED 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

PROVIDES A POINT AT WHICH POWER CAN BE DRAWN FROM A WIRING SYSTEM.

Technical

RECEPTACLES THAT ATTACHED TO EDISON LAMP SOCKETS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY TO APPLIANCES BEGAN TO BE PATENTED IN THE 1880S. THEY QUICKLY BECAME COMMON, AND MANY DESIGNS WERE PRODUCED AND SOLD. BY 1931 EDISON BASE RECEPTACLES WEREREPLACED BY WALL RECEPTACLES. (REF 1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

" PAT. JUNE 2 1885/ BERENSTEIN/ ELECTRIC LIGHT M'F'G CO. " incised on top of receptacle casing.

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE.

Finish

BRASS OR GOLDTONE METAL CASING.

Decoration

N/A