There’s no word yet if Eversource plans any celebrations but 111 years ago a Connecticut inventor received the patent for the first detachable electric plug: the two-, now sometimes three-prong plug widely used today.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, which highlights different historical accomplishments on a daily basis, Connecticut inventor Harvey Hubbell moved household electricity from shock it to socket. It said, “Remarkable as it sounds, at the time electric terminals would extend out from a wall, and any electrical device had to be hardwired to them–a time consuming process with a chance of electrocution.”
Hubbell was a pioneer in making electricity more available to the masses. In the 1890s he created an electric switch and patented the pull-chain electric light socket.
Harvey Hubbell was the father of Harvey Hubbell II, the founder of Hubbell Inc., the Shelton-based international manufacturer of electrical and electronic products.
