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- OBJECT TYPE
- Electric
- DATE
- 1907
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.0328.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- F-10
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 227
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Cast iron body. Brass connecting poles set in porcelain insulator. Metal handle with wooden hand grip.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 18.0 cm
- Width
- 9.5 cm
- Height
- 13.5 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
- General Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Part of the Ontario Hydro collection donated to the museum in 1992. Ontario Hydro originally acquired this iron from Toronto Hydro-Electric System on January 6th, 1964. - Function
-
Used to press flat and/or remove wrinkles from fabrics. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's marks on heel of iron read: 'TYPE F-10/ A 5.4 V.110/ G.E. CO [LOGO] U.S.A./ PAT. NOV. 7.'05/ JUNE 19:06 DEC 25: 06/ 227'.
- Missing
- Electrical cord From CA of 04/14/1994 by Tony Missio: Yes - no cord
- Finish
- Body of iron is unfinished (appears black). Metal handle painted black. Wooden hand grip enamelled black.
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Electric Co., Iron, circa 1907, Artifact no. 1992.0328, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.0328.001/
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