General Information

Serial #

15901

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOODEN FRAME, WHEEL, TREADLE BED/ CAST IRON TREADLE WHEELS, BRACKETS, WHEEL HUB, FASTENING DEVICES/ RUBBER/CANVAS DRIVE BELT

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

342.0 cm

Width

94.0 cm

Height

203.5 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

Desjardins

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

St-Andre-de-Kamouraska

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

MFD. IN CANADA

Function

DRIVES MACHINERY USING ANIMAL POWER/ THE TRACTIVE ACTION OF A HORSE PROVIDES ROTATING POWER THAT CAN SUPPLY MOTION TO A MACHINE/ THE HORSE TREADS ON AN ENDLESS BELT THAT MOVES AWAY FROM UNDERNEATH IT, THIS DRIVES A PIECE OF MACHINERY BY USING A SYSTEM OF GEARS OR PULLEYS

Technical

EXAMPLE OF ONE-HORSE TREADMILL WITHINTEGRAL FRAME TO KEEP DEVICE AT OBLIQUE ANGLE & ONE LARGE WOOD WHEEL WHICH ACTS AS FLYWHEEL & DRIVE PULLEY.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

STENCILLED IN YELLOW PAINT; ON CENTER TREADLE FENCE SLAT IS: 'PATENTE/ 14 FEVRIER 1899'; ON LOWER TREADLE FENCE SLAT IS: 'CHAMPION/ CANADIEN/ B'; ON TOOL BOX IS: '15901'

Missing

N/A

Finish

FRAME & WHEEL PAINTED RED/ METAL PARTS PAINTED BLACK/ BLACK DRIVE BELT

Decoration

FRAME MEMBERS HAVE BLACK LINE TRIM WITH A THINNER YELLOW LINE INSIDE OF IT/ ON SOME PIECES THE YELLOW TRIM LINES CONVERGE & INTERSECT/ LEAF & STEM DESIGN, GREEN & WHITE, ON CENTER TREADLE FENCE SLAT/ WHEEL HAS BLACK LINES ON SPOKES & BLACK & YELLOW TRIM LINES AROUND RIM