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- OBJECT TYPE
- ATTACHMENT/THREADED/POP-UP
- DATE
- 1909
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1996.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HUBBELL, HARVEY INC.
- MODEL
- 102 (.3)
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL & COMPOSITION MATERIAL;.2 BAKELITE OR COMPOSITION MATERIAL;.3 METAL & PORCELAIN CONSTRUCTION.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF PLUG USED C. 1909+
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED 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 ITSENTIRETY TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN 1992. - Function
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USED TO CONNECT AN ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE TO A POWER SUPPLY. - Technical
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EXAMPLE OF PLUG HAVING A POP-UP CONNECTION BODY, PERMITTING THE ATTACHMENT AND /OR REMOVAL OF FRAGILE ELECTRICAL WIRES WITHOUT TWISTING OR OTHERWISE DISTURBING THE CORD. ONE CONNECTION IS ON TOP, THE OTHER SECURED ON THE SIDE, WHICH IS THEN RETRACTED OR PUSHED DOWN INSIDE METAL SHELL, MAKING IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE WIRE TO COME LOOSE. HUBBELL INC. FOUNDED IN 1888 AS HUBBELL-GRIER ELECTRIC CO., BRIDGEPORT CT. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 "HARVEY HUBBELL INC../ 3 A. 250 V. PAT. APP. FOR " incised on rim..2 no markings visible..3 "102" cast in raised print on porcelain face.
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- .1 GOLD TONE METAL THREADED COLLAR HAS DARK BROWN/BLACK RIM;.2 DARK BROWN/BLACK MOLDED CAP;.3 GOLDTONE METAL AND WHITE PORCELAIN.
- Decoration
- N/A
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HUBBELL, HARVEY INC., Plug, circa 1909, Artifact no. 1992.1996, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1996.001/
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