General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 PREDOMINATELY ALUMINUM WITH IRON BASE; GLASS OVER GAUGE FACE/.2 SHEET STEEL WITH FIBRE HANDLE/.3 WOODEN FRAME; STEEL SUPPORT BARS; CANVAS COVER; LEATHER STRAPS AND BACK LACES

Dimensions

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

Length

74.0 cm

Width

45.0 cm

Height

33.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Fire Fighting

Category

Extinguishers

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Pumps

Country

Canada

State/Province

British Columbia

City

Vancouver

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

DEVELOPED IN THE LATE 1930S WITH COMPANYCLOSING IN 1991

Canada

DEVELOPED & MFG. BY A CANADIAN CO. IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DOMINION FOREST SERVICE OF CANADA. CANADA HAS BEEN A WORLD LEADER IN THE DEVELOPMENT & TESTING OF FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT. THE FEDERAL FORESTRY SERVICE, OF WHICH PNFI WAS THE KEYSTONE ESTABLISHMENT, HAS PLAYED AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN ESTABLISHING SPECIFICATIONS & TESTING THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE TECHNOLOGY. [REF 2]

Function

USED TO PUMP WATER TO FIGHT FOREST FIRES IN REMOTE LOCATIONS

Technical

ONLY SIX STAGE CENTRIFUGAL PUMP IN NMST'S COLLECTION. ONE OF ITS FEATURES IS A PRIMING PUMP INCORPORATED WITH THE CENTRIFUGAL PUMP CONSISTING OF A VANE TYPE IMPELLER MOUNTED ECCENTRICALLY IN A CIRCULAR CHAMBER AT THE SUCTION END OF THE PUMP. [REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 MOLDED IN FRONT: 'PUMPS & POWER LTD/ VANCOUVER/ CANADA/ PARAMOUNT/ CUB/ PAT. APP. FOR'/ PRINTED ON GAUGE: '[SCALE 0 TO 300]/ PARAMOUNT/ VANCOUVER/ US/ GAUGE CO NY/ MADE IN USA'/ PLAQUE ON ENGINE: 'PARAMOUNT/ MODEL/ 2400-1/ REFER TO/ 1F711/ PUMPS & POWER Limited/ VANCOUVER, B.C.'/ MOLDED ON TOP: 'PU PS POWER LTD./ SER. NO. 1F711'/ MOLDED ON FLYWHEEL COVER: 'PARAMOUNT CUB/ PUMPS &POWER LTD/ VANCOUVER CANADA/ LUBRICATION OPERATION/...'/ MOLDED ON TOP: 'THE TILLOTSON MFG. CO./ TOLEDO, O.'/ PAINTED ON CYLINDER: '7[?]1- T/ EBG [2 TIMES]'/.2 PAINTED ON SIDE: 'CUB/ DF'/ DYNOTAPE:'MIXED GAS'

Missing

STARTING ROPE From CA of 06/29/1999 by Tony Missio: Yes - Missing connectors from ends of spark plug wires

Finish

.1 PAINTED SILVER/.2 PAINTED GLOSS RED WITH WHITE PRINTING/.3 BROWN

Decoration

N/A