General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL & SYNTHETIC CONSTRUCTION OF BOTH.1 &.2

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

7.2 cm

Height

4.0 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

Halebro

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF RECEPTACLE & PLUG PROBABLY USED IN FIRST QUARTER OF 20TH CENTURY.

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 AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA. IT WAS DONATED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN 1992.

Function

PROVIDES A POINT AT WHICH POWER CAN BE DRAWN FROM A WIRING SYSTEM.

Technical

RECEPTACLE DESIGN PERMITS USE WITH BOTH TANDEM OR PARALLEL CAPS (PRONGS), AT A TIME WHEN ELECTRICAL FITTINGS WERE NOT STANDARDIZED.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 "HALEBRO" & "10 A. 250 V." cast in raised print on receptacle fitting, "HALEBRO" & "15 A. 125 V." cast on the other..2 no markings.

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE.

Finish

.1 HAS BRASS-COLOURED PLATE; DARK BROWNRECEPTACLE FITTINGS..2 PLUG IS DARK BROWN; BRASS-COLOURED METAL PRONGS.

Decoration

N/A