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- OBJECT TYPE
- SCREW MOUNT/3-WAY
- DATE
- 1909
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0845.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Benjamin Electric Mfg. Co. of Canada Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PORCELAIN, WITH BRASS DOME COVER & THREADED COLLAR
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.5 cm
- Width
- 8.5 cm
- Height
- 8.0 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
- Benjamin
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF ADAPTOR USED C.1920S-1930S AND POSSIBLY LATER.
- Canada
-
MANUFACTURED IN CANADA - Function
-
ALLOWS A SINGLE SCREW-TYPE ELECTRICAL SOCKET TO ACCOMODATE UP TO THREE LIGHT BULBS OR APPLIANCES. - Technical
-
IN HOMES AND/OR BUSINESS HAVING FEW ELECTRICAL OUTLETS AS WAS THE CASE IN C.1910-1920S. DEVICES SUCH AS THIS WERE VERY POPULAR. TWO, THREE AND FOUR-WAY PLUGS OR ADAPTORS WERE ADVERTISED IN BENJAMIN'S 1926 CATALOGUE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- '250 V - 50 C P - BENJAMIN - PAT'D 1909'STAMPED INTO EDGE OF BRASS CASING
- Missing
- NONE
- Finish
- WHITE PORCELAIN; BRASS DOME COVER MAY BE LACQUERED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Benjamin Electric Mfg. Co. of Canada Ltd., Adapter, after 1909, Artifact no. 1995.0845, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0845.001/
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