Receptacle, electric

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OBJECT TYPE: 2-PRONG/POLARIZED/TRIPLE/FLUSH
DATE: 1950
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.1933.001

MANUFACTURER: General Electric
MODEL: 7
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: DARK BROWN BAKELITE PLATE & CASING; METAL FITTINGS.

Dimensions

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

Length: 11.3 cm
Width: 7.0 cm
Height: 2.1 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: General Electric
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS TYPE OF RECEPTACLE USED IN 1950S.
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 NATIONALMUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN 1992.
Function: PROVIDES A POINT AT WHICH POWER CAN BE DRAWN FROM A WIRING SYSTEM.
Technical: BAKELITE WAS MOST POPULAR C. MID- 1920S TO C. 1950. THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY WAS THE FIRST TO TAKE AN INTEREST IN LARGE SCALE USE OF BAKELITE BECAUSE IT MET THE HUGH DEMAND FOR INSULATING MATERIAL. BAKELITE WAS USED TO MAKE PLUGS, SWITCHES, RECEPTACLES, INSULATORS, ETC. IN THE LATE 1920S, COLOUR PIGMENTATION WAS ADDED TO BAKELITE SO ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS WERE NO LONGER RESTRICTED TO BROWNS AND BLACKS. BAKELITE DECLINED IN POPULARITY AFTER WWII AS PEOPLE CHOSE PSEUDO-HISTORICAL DESIGNS. THE TRADE CATALOGUES OF THE 1940S AND 1950S SHOW AN INCREASED USE OF BAKELITE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "ANY MULTIPLE PLATE COMBINATION POSSIBLE/ BY BREAKING OFF LINE", "10A 250V/ 15A 125V ", "GE" [logo], "7" & "CSA" [logo] cast in raised print on back of plate.
Missing: NONE.
Finish: DARK BROWN BAKELITE PLATE HAS VERTICAL GROOVES IN CENTRAL AREA.
Decoration: N/A

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General Electric, Receptacle, electric, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1992.1933, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1933.001/

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