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OBJECT TYPE: fuse/single plug/screw
DATE: 1920–1925
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2659.001

MANUFACTURER: General Electric Co.
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: porcelain shell/ brass/ copper/ wax

Dimensions

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

Length: 6.5 cm
Width: 4.9 cm
Height: 4.0 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: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1920s
Canada: An example of an American made electrical device 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 device which interrupts the flow of electrical current through a piece of apparatus or equipment.
Technical: An example of a fuse cutout. In the period 1880 to 1889 Edison invented a device to protect wiring from over-heating. In 1880 he patented the use of a fuse. The early fuse block was first made of wood with brass fittings. Lamps were individually fused until the early 1900s. From 1890 to 1899, plug cutouts began to be made of porcelain, as were fuse-plugs (Ref. 3).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: raised lettering on underside reads "G.E. CO. U.S.A."/ raised lettering on edges reads "G.E. CO." 125 V.", "3T0", 30 A."
Missing: appears complete
Finish: glazed white porcelain/ gold & copper coloured metal/ black wax
Decoration: N/A

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General Electric Co., Cutout, between 1920–1925, Artifact no. 1992.2659, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2659.001/

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