General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 &.3 METAL & PORCELAIN CONSTRUCTION;.2 &.4 BAKELITE, METAL & RUBBER CONSTRUCTION.

Dimensions

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

Length

4.1 cm

Width

4.1 cm

Height

5.2 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

LEKTRIK

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF PLUG PROBABLY USED EARLY 1900S.

Canada

PART OF A LARGE & 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 & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA. IT WAS DONATED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN1992.

Function

RECEPTACLE PROVIDES A POINT AT WHICH POWER CAN BE DRAWN FROM A WIRING SYSTEM. WHEN ATTACHED TO AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE, A PLUG PROVIDES A MEANS OF DRAWING POWER FROM A WIRING SYSTEM.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF EARLY 2-PIN FLUSH PLATE RECEPTACLE & PLUG.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 "REG'D/ LEKTRIK" incised on casing side; "*" & "G/112" cast in raised form on porcelain back..2 "10 A/ 250 V/ REG'D/ LEKTRIK/ TRADE MARK" stamped into rubber disk on plug back..3 "REG'D/ LEKTRIK, PATENT" incised on casing side: "G/112" & "PATENT" cast in raised print on porcelain back..4 "10 A/ 250V/ REG'D/ LEKTRIK/ TRADE MARK" stamped into rubber disk on plug back.

Missing

APPEAR COMPLETE..1 RECEPTACLE HAS SEGMENT MISSING FROM RECESSED PORCELAIN PLATE ON FRONT.; .3 HAS SMALLER PIECE MISSING FROM SAME PORCELAIN FITTING.

Finish

.1 &.3 BRIGHT BRASS-COLOURED MOUNTINGS; WHITE PORCELAIN FITTING ON BACK, AND TO RECIEVE PLUG PRONGS/.2 &.4 DARK BROWN BAKELITE PLUG HEAD; RED RUBBER INSULATION PAD; BRASS-COLOURED PLUG PRONGS

Decoration

N/A