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OBJECT TYPE: OVERHEAD
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1982.0561.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: IRON/ STEEL SHAFT, HANGERS, OIL CUPS/ WOOD/ IRON PULLEYS

Dimensions

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

Length: 376.0 cm
Width: 66.5 cm
Height: 60.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Power devices
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: VARIETY OF POWER FIXTURE EMPLOYED BY CDN. PRINTERS TO POWER PRESSES, CUTTERS ETC. FROM THE EARLY 19TH C. AND MUCH OF THE 20TH C. TYPICAL OF EQUIPMENT FOUND IN THE SHOP OF AN 1890'S COUNTRY PRINTER, I.E. BUCKINGHAM POST.
Function: FOR TRANSMISSION OF POWER FROM SOURCE TO MACHINERY REQUIRING POWER
Technical: OVERHEAD DRIVE UNIVERSLALY USED BY BOTH LARGE AND SMALL PRINTING CONCERNS TO RUN EXTERNALLY POWRED PRINTING AND BINDERY EQUIPMENT. THIS DRIVE WAS POWERED BY A WATER MOTOR AND WAS USED TO RUN A CYLINDER PRESS AND A JOBBING PLATEN (820563 & 820575).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NONE
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: BASE PIECES PAINTED BLACK/ BROWN WOOD
Decoration: NONE

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Unknown Manufacturer, Linedrive, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1982.0561, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1982.0561.001/

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