Receptacle, electric

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OBJECT TYPE: SINGLE/PUSH-IN/FLUSH W. PLATE
DATE: 1911–1925
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.1960.001

MANUFACTURER: Bryant Elect. Co.
MODEL: CHAPMAN 5006
LOCATION: Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PLASTER, METAL, AND WAX COMPOSITION.

Dimensions

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

Length: 11.5 cm
Width: 7.0 cm
Height: 4.4 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: Bryant
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Connecticut
City: Bridgeport

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS TYPE OF RECEPTACLE USED C. 1890S- 1920S.
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 IN 1992.
Function: PROVIDES A POINT AT WHICH POWER CAN BE DRAWN FROM A WIRING SYSTEM.
Technical: THE CHAPMAN-STYLE RECEPTACLE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST FLUSH WALL & FLOOR RECEPTACLES, ALLOWING APPLIANCE USERS AN OPTION TO PLUGGING INTO LAMP SOCKETS. FIRST PATENTED CHAPMAN RECEPTACLE (1895) PROMOTED AS "PREVENT[ING] UNSLIGHTLY APPEARANCE" OF SURFACE RECEPTACLES. BRASS DOORS CONCEALED PLUG. THEY BECAME VERY POPULAR BUT UNADAPTABLE TO EDISON-BERGMANN PATENTS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: " BRYANT ELECT. CO./ PAT. JULY 25.1899./ PAT. OCT.9.1900. " incised on back. " BRYANT/ 5006 " cast in raised print on plaster back.
Missing: NONE.
Finish: BRASS COLOURED PLATE; OFF-WHITE CERAMIC RECEPTACLE BOX; WAX SEALS OVER SCREWS
Decoration: N/A

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Bryant Elect. Co., Receptacle, electric, between 1911–1925, Artifact no. 1992.1960, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1960.001/

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