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OBJECT TYPE: Westinghouse/adjustable plug
DATE: 1921
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2599.001

MANUFACTURER: Benjamin
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: brass shell/ porcelain/ synthetic/ mica

Dimensions

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

Length: 4.3 cm
Width: 4.0 cm
Height: 9.7 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: Benjamin
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: circa 1921+
Canada: An example of a 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.
Technical: An example of a Westinghouse socket of the early 1920s with an adjustable plug. 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 (Ref. 3). 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. 2).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: incised lettering on shell reads "BENJAMIN/ PATS. PENDING/ 250V 50 C.P."
Missing: appears complete
Finish: gold coloured shell/ glazed white porcelain/ black synthetic
Decoration: N/A

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Benjamin, Socket, circa 1921, Artifact no. 1992.2599, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2599.001/

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