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OBJECT TYPE: SCREW/SWITCHED/CEILING
DATE: 1902
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2036.001

MANUFACTURER: General Electric Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Schenectady, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BRASS CASING; PORCELAIN SEAT INSIDE SOCKET; SYNTHETICKEY; FABRIC COVERED ELECTRICAL CORDS.

Dimensions

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

Length: 6.0 cm
Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 10.5 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: General Electric
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: Schenectady

Context

Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS TYPE OF SOCKET USED C. 1902+
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 SUPPORT OR CONNECT A LAMP BULB OR OTHER ELECTRICAL DEVICE WITHIN A FIXTURE.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF SCREW-TYPE SWITCHED SOCKET, FOR USE WITH CEILING-MOUNTED FIXTURE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: " 50 C.P. 250 VOLTS/ GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. " incised on casing. " G.E. CO. " cast in raised print on switch.
Missing: SMALL SCREW MISSING AT JUNCTION OF UPPER & LOWER CASING HALVES.
Finish: ORIGINAL FINISH BADLY WORN- PROBABLY LACQUERED BRASS. DARK BROWN FABRIC COVERING ON CORDS.
Decoration: N/A

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General Electric Co., Socket, circa 1902, Artifact no. 1992.2036, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2036.001/

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