Heater, water
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Natural gas
- DATE
- 1907
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1972.0210.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Ruud Mfg. Co.
- MODEL
- 4/Type F
- LOCATION
- East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 43536
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Cast iron body & parts./ Copper piping inside & out.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 73.0 cm
- Height
- 105.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Plumbing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Ruud
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- East Pittsburgh
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
The Ruud Mfg. Co. became established in Canada in 1908 with a factory in Toronto, they later expanded from this base. - Function
-
Used for heating large quantities of water for households. This model was considered the standard size for a 'modern' household, having a kitchen, 2 bathrooms & a laundry (Ref. 1) - Technical
-
An exclusive feature of Ruud water heaters was to provide a means of diverting condensation from lower coils to outside of heater - thus protecting heater coils, burner and base against condensation damage. The double gas valve system provided greater control and prevented overheating water and wasting fuel (Ref. 1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr.'s plate reads:"RUUD INSTANTANEOUS AUTOMATIC/ WATER HEATER/ SIZE No. 4/ TYPE F/ SERIAL No. 43536/ PATENTED/ SEPT. 6, 1898/ SEPT. 10, 1901/ FEB. 23, 1904/ MAY 31, 1904/ [RUUD LOGO] RELIABILITY EFFICIENCY DURABILITY ECONOMY/ PATENTED/ [See Pat. reference for dates]/ AND OTHER PATENTS PENDING/ RUUD MANUFACTURING COMPANY/ PITTSBURG, PA." ; "RUUD" cast on front ; "No. 4" cast on back ; 2 round award plates...1st plate reads: "[EAGLE] GOLD MEDAL/ LOUISIANA PURCHASE/ EXPOSITION" ; 2nd plate reads: "To/ Edwin Ruud/ for his/ AUTOMATIC WATER HEATER/ 1904/ AWARDED BY THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE" ; 2 instruction plates...1st plate reads: "TO START HEATER/ 1ST - GAS COCK 'A' AND PILOT VALVE/ 'B' MUST BE CLOSED./ 2ND - REGULATE FLOW OF WATER BY/ VALVE 'C' TO RATED CAPACITY./ 3RD - OPEN VALVE 'B' THEN LIGHT/ AND ADJUST PILOT-LIGHT TO A/ SMALL FLAME./ 4TH - TURN GAS COCK 'A' FULL OPEN." ; 2nd plate reads: "CAUTION/ SHOULD THE PILOT-LIGHT BECOME/ EXTINGUISHED, DO NOT APPLY ANY/ LIGHT TO BURNERS OR PILOT-LIGHT/ BEFORE GAS COCK 'A' HAS BEEN/ CLOSED FOR THREE MINUTES./ THEN LIGHT THE PILOT. LIGHT AND/ TURN THE GAS COCK 'A' PULL OPEN./ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION SEE/ PRINTED DIRECTIONS."
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Black enamel exterior. Gold enamel highlighting on cast decorative elements. Gold coloured awards. Nickel plated door handles. White & black enamel instruction plates.
- Decoration
- Scroll-like motifs cast on lower panels, front & back; Plant-like motif cast on upper door panels, front & back. Fleur-de-lys-like pattern cast around the top.
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Ruud Mfg. Co., Heater, water, circa 1907, Artifact no. 1972.0210, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1972.0210.001/
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