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- OBJECT TYPE
- ATTACHMENT/BAYONET
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2008.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 COMPOSITE & METAL CONSTRUCTION;.2 COMPOSITE.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 3.0 cm
- Width
- 3.0 cm
- Height
- 4.8 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF PLUG PROBABLY USED C. 1930S+
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN THE 1960S. THIS COLLECTION CONSISTS OF OVER 7500 ARTIFACTS, AND IS THOUGHT TO BE THE LARGEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA. IT WAS DONATED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN 1992. - Function
-
TO CONNECT AN ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE WITH A POWER SUPPLY. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF EARLY BAYONET STYLE PLUG, IN WHICH THE ELECTRICAL CORD IS INSERTED DOWN THROUGH THE CAP, AND THE WIRES CONNECTED TO THE TWO POSTS INSIDE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- No markings visible on.1 &.2
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE.
- Finish
- .1 &.2 DARK BROWN; BRASS COLOURED METAL ON.1
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Plug, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1992.2008, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.2008.001/
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