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- OBJECT TYPE
- 3 PRONG/TWIST LOCK/GROUNDED/W. CORD GRIP
- DATE
- 1935–1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1978.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Hubbell
- MODEL
- TWIST-LOCK
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL AND SYNTHETIC (?) COMPONENTS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 4.8 cm
- Width
- 4.8 cm
- Height
- 6.0 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
- Hubbell
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF PLUG USED C. 1935- 1960, AND POSSIBLY LATER.
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE 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
-
TO CONNECT AN ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE TO A POWER SUPPLY. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF A TWIST-LOCK PLUG: THE PLUG PROPER TWISTS IN THE BASE, LOCKING THE TWO PARTS TOGETHER. THEY CANNOT BE SEPARATED UNTIL THE LOCKING RING IS MOVED TO THE RELEASE POSITION. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "TURN AND PULL/ PAT. 1679723- 1771729/ HUBBELL/ TWIST-LOCK" & "GR" incised on plug cap top; "GROUND" moulded in raised print on underside.
- Missing
- BASE (?)
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Hubbell, Plug, between 1935–1960, Artifact no. 1992.1978, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1978.001/
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