Receptacle, electric & plug
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 2 PRONG/ROUND PLATE/FLUSH
- DATE
- 1914–1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1922.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bryant Elect. Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL & PORCELAIN COMPOSITION.
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
- 6.5 cm
- Height
- 6.5 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
- Bryant
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Connecticut
- City
- Bridgeport
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF RECEPTACLE & PLUG USED C. 1914- 1924, AND POSSIBLY LATER.
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED 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
-
PLACING PLUG (ATTACHED TO APPLIANCE) INTO RECEPTACLE COMPLETED ELCTRICAL CONNECTION PROVIDING POWER TO APPLIANCE. - Technical
-
THE FIRST RECEPTACLES WERESURFACE TYPES BUT AS ELECTRICAL LIGHTING AND APPLIANCES BECAME POPULAR, EFFORTS WERE MADE TO IMPROVE THE APPEARANCE OF THE INSTALLATION, AND THE FIRST FLUSH PLATE WAS DEVELOPED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 reads " BRYANT ELECT. CO./ PAT. MCH.15,1904/ 3 AMP 250 V. " incised in back of.1 plate/.2 " BRYANT " incised in casing; " G 5365 " appears in raised print on porcelain on back.
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- BRASS COLOURED METAL; WHITE/OFF-WHITE PORCELAIN COMPONENTS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Bryant Elect. Co., Receptacle, electric & plug, between 1914–1925, Artifact no. 1992.1922, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.1922.001/
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