Engine, traction
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- OBJECT TYPE
- STANDARD
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1967.0105.001
- MANUFACTURER
- White, George & Sons
- MODEL
- FIRST QUALITY LINE
- LOCATION
- London, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL & CAST IRON WITH A WOODEN PLATFORM
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 520.0 cm
- Width
- 273.0 cm
- Height
- 335.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Power sources
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- White
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1920s
- Canada
-
George White emigrated to Canada in 1857 and began making farm implements in London, Ontario. As George White and Sons Co., the firm produced traction engines and threshers for the eastern and western Canadian markets. - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S NAME ON FRONT FIRE BOX DOOR: 'THE GEO WHITE & SONS CO L.T.D./ FIRST QUALITY LINE/ LONDON/ AND/ BRANDON'/ MFR'S LABEL ON LEFT STORAGE TANK: 'THE GEORGE WHITE & SONS CO/ LIMITED/ FIRST QUALITY LINE/ [TWO UNION JACK & A CREST]/ LONDON, ONT. CANADA'/ CAST ON REAR FIRE BOX DOOR IS: '[PART NUMBER]/ WHITE/ LONDON'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- ENGINE IS PAINTED BLACK, RED & GREEN WITH YELLOW TRIM
- Decoration
- YELLOW DECORATIVE PIPINE ON WHEEL-SPOKES/ GOLD PIPING ON RIGHT STORAGE BOX & YELLOW PIPING ON LEFT STORAGE BOX/ MFR'S LABEL ON LEFT STORAGE BOX IS YELLOW WITH A GREEN BORDER; THE CREST IN MIDDLE HAS TWO UNION JACKS ON EITHER SIDE
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White, George & Sons, Engine, traction, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1967.0105, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1967.0105.001/
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