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- OBJECT TYPE
- 2 PRONG
- DATE
- 1920–1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2011.001
- MANUFACTURER
- LEKTRIK
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PORCELAIN, RUBBER & METAL COMPONENTS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 3.2 cm
- Width
- 3.2 cm
- Height
- 4.0 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
- LEKTRIK
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF PLUG PROBABLY USED C. 1920S- 1940.
- 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 ITS ENTIRETY TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN 1992. - Function
-
TO CONNECT AN ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE TO A POWER SUPPLY. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF EARLY 2 PRONG PLUG FITTED WITH SPLIT OR FLAIRED PRONGS: THESE ENSURED A TIGHT FIT, AND REDUCED THE CHANCES OF THE PLUG BECOMING DISLODGED WHILE IN USE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- " REG'D/ LEKTRIK/ TRADE MARK " incised in insulating disk. "PATENT" stamped in black ink on back of porcelain cap.
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE.
- Finish
- WHITE GLAZED PORCELAIN CAP; RED RUBBER INSULATING DISK; METAL PRONGS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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LEKTRIK, Plug, circa 1920–1940, Artifact no. 1992.2011, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2011.001/
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