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OBJECT TYPE: fuse/screw/combination service-meter testing
DATE: 1911
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2735.001

MANUFACTURER: Metropolitan Engineering Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: service & meter testing cutout
Patents: N/A
General Description: porcelain body/ copper/ brass/ mica/ wax

Dimensions

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

Length: 16.2 cm
Width: 11.7 cm
Height: 5.1 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: Metropolitan
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: circa 1911 +
Canada: An example of a meter testing cutout of a type used in Canada. Part of a large and varied collection of over 7500 electrical items acquired and documented by Ontario Hydro in the1960s. 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: A cutout is an electrical device which interrupts the flow of electrical current through a piece of apparatus or equipment; this one also was used for testing meters.
Technical: An example of a cutout with meter testing capacity of 1910a or later. The patents issued for this device were for an electrical cutout and a meter test (Refs. 1-3).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: raised lettering on side reads " MURRAY PATENTS/ MEG [logo}/ METROPOLITAN ENG. CO."/raised lettering on top reads 1-30 A - 146" & "250 VOLTS"/ raised lettering on underside reads "PATENTED/ 123906/ 136436"
Missing: 3 screws, 1 fuse terminal
Finish: glazed white porcelain/ brass and copper coloured metal/ black wax
Decoration: N/A

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Metropolitan Engineering Co., Cutout, after 1911, Artifact no. 1992.2735, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2735.001/

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