Maker, snow fence
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HAND OPERATED/5 WIRE
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.0038.001
- MANUFACTURER
- West Machinery
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON/ STEEL PLATE/ WOOD/ METAL WIRE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 198.0 cm
- Width
- 195.0 cm
- Height
- 114.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Land improvement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- West
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1920-1960
- Canada
-
TOWNSHIPS THROUGHOUT ONTARIO EQUIPPED THEMSELVES FOR KEEPING ROADS OPEN IN WINTER WITH SNOWPLOWS & WITH THE ERECTION OF SNOW FENCE DURING THE 1940'S IN MOST AREAS. THIS SNOW FENCE MAKING EQUIPMENT WOULD BE RELATED TO THIS PERIOD OF TIME & THIS ACTIVITY. - Function
-
TO MANUFACTURE WOODEN SLAT & WIRE SNOW FENCE - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK PAINTED LETTERING ON CROSSPIECE, VISIBLE PORTION READING 'WEST MACHINERY'
- Missing
- 1 WIRE SPOOL HOLDER IS BROKEN OFF
- Finish
- UNPAINTED
- Decoration
- N/A
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West Machinery, Maker, snow fence, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1981.0038, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0038.001/
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