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- OBJECT TYPE
- Natural gas
- DATE
- 1896
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.0254.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Beetall Mfg. Co.
- MODEL
- Beetall
- LOCATION
- Birmingham, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 266301
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Cast iron base and lid. Asbestos lid lining. Wooden hand grip. Brass gas fittings and mfr.'s plate.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 27.2 cm
- Width
- 9.2 cm
- Height
- 15.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Laundry
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Beetall
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Birmingham
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Part of the Ontario Hydro collection donated to the Museum in 1992. - Function
-
Used to press or smooth textiles. A rubber tube or hose fed gas to the iron from a tap in the wall, or from a ceiling fixture. Gas irons can be identified by a longish pipe coming out of the rear of the iron and pointing up at an angle. This placement would keep the hose out of the way of the user. - Technical
-
Marked a technological innovation from the sad iron with detachable handle. The user no longer had to remain close to the hot stove in order to continuously press textiles; they had the mobility of a long rubber tube which eliminated the need to remain close to a heat source. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Raised letters around inside of mfr.'s plate on top read: 'BEETALL MANUFACTURING CO/ REG.D/ NO. 266301/ THE BEETALL/ PATENTED/ NO. 2387/96/ BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND'. Red sticker on proper left side of sole plate reads: 'MG.2.2'.
- Missing
- From CA of 04/10/1994 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- Unfinished iron base. Polished sole. Iron lid painted black. Finished wooden hand grip. Unfinished metal gas fittings. Unfinished brass mfr.'s plate.
- Decoration
- Embossed oval mfr.'s plate contains globe with a crowned lion in a reclining position across the top of a banner, with a small flower on either side.
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Beetall Mfg. Co., Iron, after 1896, Artifact no. 1992.0254, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.0254.001/
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