MES medium-screw based current tap and 2-prong connector
date: label: date made
content: ca 1920
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A porcelain current tap for a medium screw-based socket, brass shell. Molded: "MES Co / Pat. Appld.For / 8A 250V". Includes a 2-prong connector, brass tines, porcelain body, no extant maker's marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from W. W. Stuart
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.311548.08
label: catalog number
content: 311548.08
label: accession number
content: 149123
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Socket
label: Object Name
content: socket tap, connector plug
label: Object Name
content: current tap
label: Object Name
content: current tap, connector plug
label: Other Terms
content: Socket; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: tap: 2 in x 1 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: connector: 1 1/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 2.8575 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 6.985 cm x 3.81 cm