Oiler
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- OBJECT TYPE
- LONG SPOUT
- DATE
- 1900–1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0521.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Steel Wares
- MODEL
- CPR
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SHEET STEEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.0 cm
- Width
- 11.0 cm
- Height
- 70.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Operations
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- GSW
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- USED PRIOR TO 1960
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF MAINTAINENCE EQUIPMENT USED BY THE CPR IN CANADA - Function
-
LONG SPOUT OILERS ARE GENERALLY ASSOCIATED EITH STEAM LOCOMOTIVE OPERATIONS. THEY WERE USED TO HAND LUBRICATE HARD TO REACH PLACES (HENCE SPOUT) AND WERE EQUIPED WITH A FINGER OPERATED FORCE FEED MECHANISM. [REF 1] - Technical
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EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY RECOGNIZED OILER USED BY STEAM LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MOLDED IN SIDE: 'CPR'
- Missing
- No missing parts.
- Finish
- LACQUERED
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Steel Wares, Oiler, between 1900–1960, Artifact no. 1996.0521, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0521.001/
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