Receptacle, electric & plug

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OBJECT TYPE: POLARIZED/SINGLE/FLUSH
DATE: 1914
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.1931.001

MANUFACTURER: HUBBELL, HARVEY INC.
MODEL: 57 (.1)
LOCATION: Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 METAL PLATE COVER; PORCELAIN ELECTRICAL HOUSING; PORTION OF FABRIC COVERED ELECTRICAL WIRES EXTEND FROM RECEPTACLE; SOME WAX PLUGS REMAIN OVER SCREW HEADS/.2 METAL CASING & PRONGS; PORCELAIN INTERIOR FITTINGS; RUBBER (?) INSULATION PADS AT BASE OF PRONGS. METAL OR SYNTHETIC RING LINES PLUG OPENING ON FRONT.

Dimensions

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

Length: 11.5 cm
Width: 7.0 cm
Height: 7.0 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: HUBBELL
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Connecticut
City: Bridgeport

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS TYPE OF RECEPTACLE & PLUG USED C. 1914+
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 AND TECHNOLOGY IN 1992.
Function: PROVIDES A POINT AT WHICH POWER CAN BE DRAWN FROM A WIRING SYSTEM.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF A POLARITYPLUG, WHICH ENABLED THE GROUNDED PART OF AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE TO BE CONNECTED TO THE GROUNDED SIDE OF A RECEPTACLE. IT ALSO ILLUSTRATES THE DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE VARIETY OF PLUG TYPES IN USE AT THIS TIME, BEFORE STANDARDIZATION. (REF. 1)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 "HARVEY HUBBELL INC./ BRIDGEPORT, CONN." stamped int back of switch plate cover. "HUBBELL" & "57" cast in porcelain receptacle back/.2 "HUBBELL" & "59" cast in back of porcelain housing of plug.
Missing: NONE.
Finish: BRASS COLOURED METAL PLATE COVER & CASING; PORCELAIN HOUSING.
Decoration: N/A

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HUBBELL, HARVEY INC., Receptacle, electric & plug, circa 1914, Artifact no. 1992.1931, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.1931.001/

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