General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

9

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL SEPARATOR WITH WOODEN HANDLE/.1 BRASS & GLASS OILER/.2-.4 ALL METAL

Dimensions

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

Length

69.0 cm

Width

60.0 cm

Height

122.4 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Dairying

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

DURHAM

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Durham

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

CA. 1910

Canada

Durham Manufacturing is an example of one of the many small manufacturers that produced cream separators. These companies advertised in farm papers to introduce their prodcut to farmers in the area. Durham Manufacturing was based in Durham, Ontario.

Function

TO SEPARATE CREAM FROM MILK BY APPLICATION OF A CENTRIFUGAL SYSTEM

Technical

This is an example of a centrifugal cream separator that had baffles in its bowl. The baffles diverted and elongagted the paths of the skim milk and cream through the bowl, resulting in better separation. A well-adjusted baffle bowl separator would leave approximately .1% fat in the skim milk.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S STENCILED MARKINGS ON BOTH SIDES OF STOOL READS: 'OXFORD'/ MFR'S LABEL ON FRAME READS: 'LIVINGSTON BROS/ SOLE AGENTS'/ MFR'S LABEL OF LOGO ON SIDES OF FRAME & STOOL IS OF AN EAGLE WITH A CROWN AT ITS CENTRE/ MFR'S LABEL UNDER EAGLE LABEL READS: 'MADE IN CANADA'/.2 MFR'S PRINTING ON BOWL READS: 'Y 8149'/ MFR'S PRINTING ON BOWL NUT READS: '8149'

Missing

From CA of 07/04/1997 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined

Finish

.1 SEPARATOR PAINTED RED WITH UNFINISHED WOODEN HANDLE/.2-.3 PLAIN METAL FINISH/.4 COMBINATION WRENCH PAINTED RED/.1 BRASS & GLASS OILER

Decoration

.1 STENCILLED IN GOLD, SYMMETRICAL LINES & MOTIFS/.1 EAGLE LOGO ON SIDES OF SEPARATOR/.1 GOLD EMBLEM AROUND 'OXFORD'/.1 SEPARATOR PAINTED RED/.4 WRENCH PAINTED RED/ NOT ORIGINAL PAINT AND NOT ORIGINAL MFR'S NAME LABELS/ ORIGINAL COLOUR WAS MAROON (SEE CURATOR'S WORKSHEETS)