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- OBJECT TYPE
- SCREW/SWITCHED/RECIPROCATING
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2039.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Banfield
- MODEL
- LEVOLIER
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL (INCLUDING BRASS &COPPER) COMPONENTS; SYNTHETIC KEY; PORCELAIN SOCKET SEAT; FIBRE COVERING ON ELECTRICAL WIRES; ASBESTOS PAPER LINER BETWEEN INNER & OUTER SOCKET SHELLS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 5.5 cm
- Width
- 3.4 cm
- Height
- 7.5 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
- Banfield
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF SOCKET USED C. 1920S+
- 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 AND CONNECT AN ELECTRICAL LAMP WITHIN A FIXTURE. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF SWITCHED STYLE SCREW SOCKET HAVING INTERCHANGEABLE COMPONENTS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- " Banfield/ [logo]/ Levolier/ REGISTERED/ 660 W 250 V/ PAT'D NOV. 1920 " incised on socket casing. " BENJAMIN " cast in raised print on socket key.
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE.
- Finish
- ORIGINAL FINISHES HAVE BEEN BADLY DAMAGED: SOCKET CAP AND LOWER SOCKET BODY DO NOT HAVE SAME FINISH.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Banfield, Socket, after 1920, Artifact no. 1992.2039, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2039.001/
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