General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CAST STEEL

Dimensions

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

Length

N/A

Width

13.0 cm

Height

3.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

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Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Automotive engineering

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Autolite

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Sarnia

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1942

Canada

FROM COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE PTS & SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H. OLIVER, FATHER OF DONOR, DURING CAREER IN AUTOMOTIVE SERVICING. AFTER WORKING AT WILLYS-OVERLAND & FAIRBANKS-MORSE IN TORONTO, & IN AUTO GARAGE IN AURORA, IN 1931 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVEELECTRICAL SERVICING.

Function

AIR-COOLING ATTACHMENT FOR AUTO-ELECTRIC GENERATOR, DEVICE WHICH GENERATES DIRECT CURRENT TO PROVIDE ELECTRIC POWER IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE.

Technical

HEAVY CAST CONSTRUCTION PULLEY SOON REPLACED LIGHTER PRESSED STEEL TYPE (SUCH AS 970663) AS GENERATORS INCREASED IN SIZE & REQUIRING MORE ROBUST CONSTRUCTION ALONG WITH GREATER POWER OUTPUTS. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN USED ON MANY GENERATORS IN LATE 1930S & 1940S (REF. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INCISED LETTERING READING "SP-01299"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

BLACK

Decoration

N/A