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- OBJECT TYPE
- screw
- DATE
- 1915–1929
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2693.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- socket & shade holder: brass shell, copper, rubber, cardboard/ porcelain rosette/ fabric covered wire
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
- 31.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 6.7 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- User site
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1910s-1920s
- Canada
-
An example of a socket with a shade holder of a type made and used in Canada. Part of a large and varied collection of over 7500 electrical items acquired and documented by Ontario Hydro in the 1960s. The collection was thought to be the largest and most comprehensive of its kind in Canada and was donated to the National Museum of Science and Technology in 1992. - Function
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An electrical wiring device used to support & connect to electricity a lamp or other electrical device, with a holder for a lamp shade & a rosette to connect it to the ceiling. - Technical
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This type of raised shade holder became available in the 1880s, used with glassware adapted from gas light fixtures. They began to be replaced around 1910-1919 by a screw thread shade holder./ Edison had the idea for a light socket while screwing the cap on a kerosene can. It has the advantage of firmly seating the bulb without having to snap, pull or otherwise jar the lamp and its delicate filament./ For ceiling drop cords, the rosette was simplified into one piece of porcelain and the fuse was omitted (Refs. 1-2). - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- partially illegible incised lettering on socket reads "C.G.E. CO./ 250 V"/ raised lettering on rosette reads "C.G.E." & "3 AMP. 250 V"
- Missing
- appears complete
- Finish
- socket & shade holder: gold coloured metal, black rubber, black cardboard/ yellow? wire covering/ glazed white porcelain
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian General Electric Co., Socket, between 1915–1929, Artifact no. 1992.2693, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2693.001/
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