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OBJECT TYPE: SCREW/WEATHERPROOF
DATE: 1925
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2041.001

MANUFACTURER: Eagle
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: 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: METAL (INCLUDING COPPER & BRASS); ASBESTOS (?) INSULATING DISK; RUBBER PLUG CASING AND COVERING ON WIRES.

Dimensions

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

Length: 4.5 cm
Width: 4.5 cm
Height: 15.5 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: Eagle
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS TYPE OF SOCKET USED C. 1925+
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 BULB OR OTHER DEVICE WITHIN A SOCKET.
Technical: WEATHERPROOF SOCKETS WERE USED IN DAMP OR WET PLACES, OR OVER AN INFLAMMABLE AREA. THEY WERE HUNG BY SEPARATESTRANDED, RUBBER COVERED WIRE. IN 1894 IT WAS ADVISED THAT THE WIRES SHOULD BE TWISTED TOGETHER WHEN THE DROP WAS OVER THREE FEET. AFTER C.1921 IT WAS MANDATORY THAT THE TWO WIRE GROUPS BE COVERED WITH COLOURED RUBBER OR OTHER COVERING MATERIAL. (REF. 1)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: " EAGLE/ U.S.A./ 250 V. 660 W. " cast in raised print on top of plug. " EAGLE " incised in copper contact inside plug.
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE.
Finish: BLACK RUBBER CASING; ONE BLACK & ONE OFF-WHITE COVERED WIRE.
Decoration: N/A

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Eagle, Socket, after 1925, Artifact no. 1992.2041, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2041.001/

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