United Electric Improvement Co. keyed lamp socket

Description (Brief):

United Electric Improvement Co. keyed lamp socket. Plastic(?) shell and bi-pin socket (3/8" spacing), "fan" style key, threaded connector with 10" wires emerging from bottom. No extant marks.

Date Made: ca 1894

See more items in: Work and Industry: Electricity

Exhibition: Lighting a Revolution

Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

Credit Line: from the Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: EM.327857Accession Number: 271855Catalog Number: 327857

Object Name: Lamp Socket

Physical Description: plastic or rubber? (overall material)Measurements: overall: 9 in x 2 in x 2 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 5.08 cm x 6.35 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-725d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_996465

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