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  Harvey Hubbell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harvey Hubbell II (1857 - December 17, 1927), was a U.S. inventor, entrepreneur and industrialist.
In 1888, at the age of thirty-one, Hubbell quit his job as a manager of a manufacturing company and founded Harvey Hubbell, Incorporated, which is still in business today.
The pull-chain electrical light socket was patented in 1896, and his most famous invention, the electrical power plug, in 1904.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harvey_Hubbell   (195 words)

  
 Hubbell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hubbell is a family name of English, Norman and Germanic origin.
Genealogical sources indicate a Hubbell residing in Worcestershire, England circa 1530.
Hubbell is the 5667th most common family name in the United States according to the U.S. Census.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hubbell   (221 words)

  
 Hubbell Corporate History
Hubbell's family has a long history in the United States; the first family member in the country, Richard Hubbell, had immigrated from England in the 1640's.
Hubbell's idea was to provide convenience, safety, and control to electric light with his new "pull socket" which was patented in August of 1896.
Hubbell's idea was to design a product with individual wires permanently attached in the proper sequence and correct polarity, and one which could be connected or disconnected, easily and safely, to a power supply in the wall.
www.hubbell-ltg.com /corporate/history.asp   (3418 words)

  
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HARVEY S. HUBBELL, farmer; P.O. Kilbourne; born in Knox Co. in September, 1817; eldest of a family of three children, whose parents, Preston and Betsey (McEwen) Hubbell, were natives of Connecticut, and emigrated to this State in 1817, locating in Bloomfield Township, Knox Co., there being but five families in the township at the time.
Harvey's father died when he was 4 years of age, and was then raised up by his mother, until he was 16 years of age, when he started to learn the cabinetmaker's trade, but, his health failing, he abandoned it; he worked out by the month some time.
Hubbell was out in the late war, Co. E, 45th Heavy Artillery; also, three sons--William, in 32nd; Daniel, in the 45th; Alonzo, in 131st--all returned, except Daniel, who died in Andersonville; he was captured at Knoxville.
www.homestead.com /45ohio/hubbell.html   (374 words)

  
 Hubbell Pioneers in Connecticut
Harvey Hubbell II In the introduction of the book Hubbell Pioneers called "The Beginnings," stories are told of the Hubbell immigrant ancestor Richard Hubball, who settled in Connecticut, and his immediate descendants.
One of these is Harvey Hubbell II who founded the company Hubbell Incorporated in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1888, a company that is still going strong.
Several Hubbells were sailors: William Lewis of Fairfield, Norman of Huntington, and Captain Amos, who was in the West Indies trade with his father and brother both named Richard and played an active part in the Revolutionary War.
www.hubbell.org /pioneers/CT.htm   (584 words)

  
 PUERTO RICO HERALD: More Than $5.8 Million In Incentives Lost To Sara Lee, Harvey Hubbell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Four days after Sara Lee’s announcement, Harvey Hubbell revealed it was closing its Aibonito electronic-instruments manufacturing plant, leaving 240 employees jobless.
Harvey Hubbell never claimed job creation incentives totaling $51,175 for its Vega Baja and Aibonito plants.
Harvey Hubbell has three facilities in Puerto Rico.
www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/2004/vol8n27/CBMoreSaraLee.shtml   (430 words)

  
 Hubbell Wiring Device-Kellems
Hubbell wanted to design, and ultimately patent, a means to provide safe, local, and convenient control of the electric light.
Hubbell's concern with designing products to make the use of electrical service safer and more convenient spurred another design and patent.
Hubbell's idea was to design a product with individual wires attached in the proper sequence and correct polarity, thus allowing the user to connect and disconnect to the power supply in the wall.
www.hubbell-wiring.com /History.asp   (756 words)

  
 HubbellOnline - Frequently Asked Questions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Hubbell established himself as an innovator and key supplier to the fledgling electrical industry.
Hubbell Incorporated is a diversified manufacturer of products with sales in excess of $1.5 billion ($US) with operations throughout the world.
Hubbell offers many types of floor boxes, Steel and Cast iron boxes from the B--- series are suitable for floors that are finished with tiles or carpet because the covers are gasketed.
www.hubbell-canada.com /faq.asp   (1545 words)

  
 Hubbell - History
Hubbell's idea was to provide convenience, safety, and control to an electric light with his new "pull socket" which was patented in August of 1896.
Dixon brought to the company’s top position the qualities needed for continued leadership for Hubbell Incorporated: an expertise in professional management founded on years of service with the Company in positions of increasing responsibility and the flexibility to adapt the Company’s assets and human resources to maximize opportunity.
In June, 2001, Hubbell’s Chief Financial Officer Timothy H. Powers was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Hubbell Incorporated succeeding G. Ratcliffe who continues as the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
www.hubbell.com /history.htm   (3708 words)

  
 02/07/2005 New Haven Enterprise Hall of Fame Business New Haven   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Hubbell's first patent was for a specialized stand with a moveable cutter for use in stores to hold rolls of wrapping paper.
Hubbell's company expanded through the early years of the new century as the use of electricity proliferated.
Hubbell headed the company from 1888 until his death in 1927, continuing to create new products.
www.businessnewhaven.com /article_page.lasso?id=38688   (2821 words)

  
 bymnews.com
Since Hubbell invented both the standard household wall plug and the twist-lock connector, it knows the value of innovative and safe electrical components for landlubbers and boat owners alike.
Hubbell first began supplying wiring and electrical products to the marine industry when avid yachtsman Harvey Hubbell III, son of the company's founder, designed a series of corrosion-resistant components for the fledging pleasure boating industry.
When the ocean liner United States was equipped exclusively with Hubbell's electrical products in 1952, the company quickly made a name for itself in the marine business.
www.bymnews.com /new/content/view/26684/56   (369 words)

  
 Integrated Software Systems - /   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Hubbell invented the "pull socket" which he patented in 1886 and which is still in wide use today.
Hubbell are a testament to his ingenuity and acute mechanical skill.
Hubbell and its subsidiaries manufacture electrical components for a wide variety of uses including hazardous location sites (chemical plants, pipelines, grain elevators, coal handling facilities and refineries), warehouses, schools, electrical towers, hospitals and within the maritime industry.
www.issbiz.net /newsread.asp?id=115   (665 words)

  
 Today in Technology History - Nov 8
In the early 1900s, Hubbell invented an adaptor that could be mounted onto a light bulb socket.
The adaptor had two holes which matched the prongs on a device Hubbell called a "separable attachment-plug." He was granted a patent (#774,250) for this invention on November 8, 1904.
Now, Hubbell wrote, "electrical power in buildings may be utilized by persons having no electrical knowledge or skill in the use of tools in attaching lights, fans, motors, heating apparatus, surgical instruments, or any of the various appliances requiring the use of an electric current to fixtures in the circuit."
www.tecsoc.org /pubs/history/2001/nov8.htm   (322 words)

  
 New Haven Advocate: Film Fest 6   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Hubbell himself is a resident of Litchfield, where he gets no sympathy from me by living on a 70-acre farm.
In a smartly edited sequence describing what Blackmale is all about, Hubbell intercuts several talking heads who can't help invoking the name "Tarantino." Hubbell, who served as assistant director to the Baluzy brothers, took on that task by getting them to submit to his simultaneous film-within-a-film.
Hubbell spent more than a year researching the seamless documentary, which took her from Pomfret, where a colonial woman miscarried and died after a botched abortion, to New Haven, where the first Planned Parenthood office opened at 98 Lake Place.
old.newhavenadvocate.com /articles/filmfest6.html   (1709 words)

  
 News Archive: Documentaries by Captured Time Productions, LLC
Harvey Hubbell V and Miguel Engel in Costa Rica.
Harvey and one of our cameramen will be going along to video tape the group in action and interview the students as they are discovering and learning about the rain forest.
Harvey and the brain travel to DC for the annual Lab School Gala and get thier picture taken with Professor Sally Smith, Founder and Executive Director of the Lab School.
www.loopdreams.com /newsarchive.html   (1803 words)

  
 PUERTO RICO HERALD: Governor Dismisses UN Resolution On Decolonization   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Harvey Hubbell announced on Monday it was closing its Aibonito electronic instruments manufacturing plant leaving 240 employees jobless despite reporting the highest cash flow level in the company’s 115-year history at the end of 2003.
In January of this year, Harvey Hubbell President and CEO Timothy H. Powers spoke about positive sales and profit comparisons gained in a sluggish economy.
The company achieved a $165 million reduction over three years and reported it was debt free at the end of 2003.
www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/2004/vol8n25/Media2-en.shtml   (1306 words)

  
 Today in Technology History (continued)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The images below are from Harvey Hubbell's patent for the first electrical plug.
In Figure 1, you see a normal screw-shaped light bulb socket, with Hubbell's adaptor mounted onto it, and his plug inserted.
While those three figures show Hubbell's invention on an Edison light socket, Figures 4, 5 and 6 show his invention on a different variety of light socket, the kind invented by Elihu Thomson.
www.tecsoc.org /pubs/history/2001/nov8b.htm   (132 words)

  
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After viewing a janitor trying to clean behind some electrically operated penny arcade games, Hubbell noted the tedious process of disconnecting and reconnecting the post and wire connections to pull the equipment away from the wall.
Hubbell's idea was to design a product with individual wires attached in the proper sequence and correct polarity, and allowing the user to connect and disconnect to the power supply in the wall.
His "separable plug and socket" design took shape and was submitted to the patent office in Washington, D.C. One of the most successful constructions of the patent is the duplex receptacle still found every where that power is used.
www.hblinfo.com /about-us.htm   (308 words)

  
 The Hubbell Center Gallery
10" x 16" plaque w/ metal scroll thanking the Hubbell Family of Des Moines, Iowa, descendents of Frederick Marion Hubbell, for donating space for Hubbell Center in Des Moines.
10" x16" framed photograph by A. Hubbell (unplaced 1991) and description of Tudor style house facing Rock Church, Rock, Worcs., that served as rectory; structure as standing c.1580-1620 and would have been familiar to Richard Hubball before he embarked for America.
Alongside is a typewritten description description of the contents and significance of the original document which contains a signature of Richard Hubball (a churchwarden) as item #10.
www.hubbell.org /HC/HCgallery.htm   (617 words)

  
 Frequently Asked Questions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Hubbell Wiring Device-Kellems products are only available through its channel partners, distributors or authorized international sales offices.
Hubbell Wiring Device-Kellems is an e-commerce leader in the electrical industry, offering EDI transactions, on-line distributor access via its SMARTnet system.
Is this the same Hubbell that is involved with the famous space telescope?
www.hblinfo.com /faqs.htm   (584 words)

  
 Page Title
Harvey Hubbell Caribe Inc. Vega Baja, PR -
Supervises 22 direct associates and 1 indirect in a wiring device assembly and packaging line.
Ensure that the production schedule is followed and all production goals achieved.
home.coqui.net /jedmele/page2.html   (293 words)

  
 The Chris Awards - The Columbus Film and Video Festival
The EDGAR DALE AWARD is given for excellence and creativity in informational screenwriting with distinguished visual and literary qualities.
Harvey Hubbell V, Jeremy Brecher, and Patrick Ahern co-wrote a film from which he created another film about an adventure in film-making.
The ROBERT W. WAGNER AWARD is given for excellence and creativity in narrative screenwriting.
www.chrisawards.org /pages/festivals/2001festival/2001Screen.html   (81 words)

  
 Directions
Take Exit 27- go straight to your third light and take a right onto Lafayette Blvd. At the end of Lafayette Blvd. Take a right at the stop sign onto Waldemere Ave., Harvey Hubbell Gym is on your right side.
At the second stop light (you will pass the State Police Station), turn right onto Lafayette Blvd. and head South until you reach the end.
and the Hubbell Gym will be located on your right side.
purpleknights.bridgeport.edu /pages/105.asp   (312 words)

  
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This year's winner is Andrea Haas Hubbell, who's no stranger to FFNH.
Her Emmy-nominated Roots of Roe, a chronicle of the struggle for women's reproductive rights in Connecticut, won for "Best Documentary" at FFNH in 1997.
This "film about a film " details the making of the low-budget feature Black Male, which was directed by CT filmmakers George and Mike Baluzy.
www.imaginenews.com /Archive/2001/APR_2001/Text/FEAT08.htm   (1095 words)

  
 Greenwich Film Festival Techn...
Harvey Hubbell (Captured Time Productions) and Keith assess the day.
Keith, Mik, Michael, and Harvey Hubbell begin the Town Hall discussion
Harvey wraps up the Town Hall and the Tech Day Event.
homepage.mac.com /sleeplessknights/PhotoAlbum66.html   (192 words)

  
 Molloy College vs UBM (12/01/01 at Harvey Hubbell Gymnasium)
Molloy College vs UBM (12/01/01 at Harvey Hubbell Gymnasium)
Official Basketball Box Score Molloy College vs UBM 12/01/01 3:30 at Harvey Hubbell Gymnasium -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Molloy College 2-1, 0-2 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 11 Dinerman, Josh......
Play-By-Play Molloy College vs UBM 12/01/01 3:30 at Harvey Hubbell Gymnasium
www.molloy.edu /athletic/mbasketball/stats01-02/bridge1.htm   (2057 words)

  
 Fairfield University :: Fairfield University receives $10,000 to host Computer Technology Day Camp for girls
The camp will be free to the girls, thanks to sponsorships and grants in kind totaling more than $10,000 by Fairfield University, The American Association of University Women (AAUW), National Computer Camps, Inc., The Harvey Hubbell Foundation and the Fairfield County Community Foundation Fund for Women and Girls.
I am proud that we are able to work with Dr. Mike Zabinski to bring this opportunity to 25 excellent students this summer."
"The Hubbell Foundation's Board of Trustees was very pleased to be able to support this program, which offers a great opportunity to some area students, who might then be motivated to pursue a career in this field," said Richard Davies, a Trustee of The Harvey Hubbell Foundation.
www.fairfield.edu /x8064.xml   (845 words)

  
 Directions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The main event will be held in the Wheeler Rec.
The Harvey Hubbell Gym is located on 120 Waldemere Avenue and the Wheeler Rec.
Directions on how to get to the University of Bridgeport and the Gym:
www.bridgeport.edu /print/2738.asp   (158 words)

  
 Molloy College Lions vs University of Bridgeport (2/14/04 at Harvey Hubbell Gymnasium Bridgeport, CT)
Molloy College Lions vs University of Bridgeport (2/14/04 at Harvey Hubbell Gymnasium Bridgeport, CT)
Official Basketball Box Score Molloy College Lions vs University of Bridgeport 2/14/04 3:30pm at Harvey Hubbell Gymnasium Bridgeport, CT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Molloy College Lions 9-13, NYCAC 9-10 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 03 Cordasco, Paul......
Play-By-Play Molloy College Lions vs University of Bridgeport 2/14/04 3:30pm at Harvey Hubbell Gymnasium Bridgeport, CT
www.molloy.edu /athletic/mbasketball/stats03-04/bridge2.htm   (2188 words)

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