General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL, ALUMINUM, BRONZE/ SYNTHETIC/ WOOD PACK BOARD

Dimensions

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

Length

85.0 cm

Width

34.0 cm

Height

50.0 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

Wajax

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Montréal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1950S

Canada

DEVELOPED & MFG. IN 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 ANESSENTIAL 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

THIS MODEL WAS DEVELOPED FROM THE EARLIER MODEL DDV'S FROM THE 1920S. THE LETTER "A" INDICATES THE USE OF ALUMINUM IN ITS CONSTRUCTION WHICH MADE THE WEIGHT APPROX. 25 LBS. LIGHTER THAN THE ORIGINAL.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MOLDED IN TANK & ENGINE COVER: 'WAJAX'/ MOLDED ON FLYWHEEL: 'WAJAX PORTABLE PUMP/ SUPPLIED BY/ WAJAX/ WATSON JACK CO. LTD./ MONTREAL, CANADA'/ ON PUMP: 'PAT'D 1950'/ PLATE ON PUMP: 'IMPORTANT/ EMPTY WATER FROM/ PUMP AND ENGINE/ JACKET AFTER USE/ THEN PUT FOUR OZ/ LUBRICATING OIL/ IN TO PUMP AND/ TURN PUMP OVER/ 20 TIMES BY HAND'

Missing

From CA of 06/29/1999 by Tony Missio: No - Complete

Finish

BODY AND PACK BOARD PAINTED GLOSS RED - BAD FLAKING

Decoration

N/A