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- OBJECT TYPE
- Thomson-Houston
- DATE
- 1888
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2572.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Thomson-Houston Electric Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Lynn, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- brass shell/ porcelain
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- 5.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 3.6 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- User site
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Thomson Houston
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Lynn
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- late 19th century
- Canada
-
An example of an American made socket of a type used in Canada. Part of a large & varied collection of over 7500 electrical items acquired & documented by Ontario Hydro in the 1960s. The collection was thought to be the largest & most comprehensive of its kind in Canada & was donated to the National Museum of Science & Technology in 1992. - Function
-
An electrical wiring device used to support & connect to electricity a lamp or other electrical device, specifically a pilot light. - Technical
-
An example of a Thomson-Houston socket of the late 1880s. From 1880 to 1889 other methods of supporting lamps appeared besides the Edison screw socket & receptacle, including the Thomson-Houston, the Westinghouse & the bayonet types. 1890 to 1899 was a period during which the details of wiring devices which had appeared in the previous decade were improved. Keys were added to lamp sockets & receptacles. Where the lamp switch was controlled by the wall or base switch, the socket could remain keyless; otherwise the light switch had to be incorporated within the socket utilizing as its switching mechanism the key, pull-chain or push-button (Ref.4). A simple arrangement which did not require the service of a mechanic to change a lamp was a necessity for commercial production of electric lamp sockets. In 1880 Edison introduced the screw cap which still bears his name (Ref. 3). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- incised lettering on shell reads "MANF. BY T-H. E. CO./ LYNN, MASS. U.S.A./ PATENTS APPLIED FOR"
- Missing
- appears complete
- Finish
- gold coloured shell/ white porcelain
- Decoration
- N/A
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Thomson-Houston Electric Co., Socket, circa 1888, Artifact no. 1992.2572, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2572.001/
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