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- OBJECT TYPE
- 3 PRONG
- DATE
- 1911
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2015.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- COMPOSITE & METAL CONSTRUCTION.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 4.0 cm
- Width
- 4.0 cm
- Height
- 5.0 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF PLUG PROBABLY USED C. 1910-1920, AND POSSIBLY LATER.
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN THE 1920S. 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 WITH A POWER SUPPLY. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "A" incised in disk on underside, between prongs.
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- DARK BROWN/BLACK CAP; BROWN INSULATING DISK; METAL PRONGS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Plug, circa 1911, Artifact no. 1992.2015, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2015.001/
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