General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

.1 CERAMIC INSULATOR; BRASS PART; CORK PART/.2 INSULATOR SAME AS.1; WOOD BASE WITH SIDES WRAPPED WITH ROPE

Dimensions

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

Length

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Width

44.0 cm

Height

83.0 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Energy-electric

Category

User site

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

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State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

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Canada

PART OF LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN 1960'S. COLLECTION CONSISTS OF OVER 7500 ARTIFACTS, & IS THOUGHT TO BE LARGEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA. IT WAS DONATED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO CANADA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM IN 1992.

Function

USED IN ELECTRICAL POWER TRANSMISSION TO SEPARATE CONDUCTORS (SUCH AS WIRES) TO PREVENT FLOW OF CURRENT BETWEEN THEM OR TO OTHER OBJECTS.

Technical

HIGH TENSION POWER LINES USED CERAMIC INSULATORS THAT COULD WITHSTAND GREAT VARIATIONS IN TEMPERATURE AND ELECTRIC VOLTAGE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 BLACK STAMPED "HEPC" ON GREY PARTS & CAST "B" OR "8"; WHITE "GB9" ON BROWN PART; CAST LETTERING ON BRASS PART IS INACCESSIBLE BUT LIKELY READS SAME AS.2/.2 BLACK STAMPED "HEPC" ON GREY PARTS OF INSULATOR & CAST "B" OR "8"; WHITE "GB9" ON BROWN PART; CAST LETTERING ON BRASS PARTS READS "BURANDY/ UH 17-5/ 1 1/2 IPS" & "BURANDY/ UH 17-6"

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

.1 DARK BROWN GLAZED PARTS; UNFINISHED GREY PARTS; BRASS COLOURED METAL; UNFINISHED WOOD/.2 INSULATORSAME AS.1; WHITE PAINTED BASE; RED-ORANGE ROPE

Decoration

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