Blower, forge
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- OBJECT TYPE
- FORGE MOUNTED/CRANK
- DATE
- 1916
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0281.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Blower & Forge Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 8
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- FERROUS METAL/ NON-FERROUS METAL PARTS/ WOOD HANDLE GRIP
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 28.0 cm
- Width
- 24.0 cm
- Height
- 14.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Tools & equipment-trades
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Canadian Blower
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Kitchener
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
CANADIAN MADE BLACKSMITH'S EQUIPMENT. - Function
-
SOURCE OF FORCED AIR TO PROVIDE OXYGEN TO FIRE OF BLACKSMITH'S FORGE DURING METALWORKING. - Technical
-
SEE SIMILAR FORGE MOUNTED BLOWERS IN MFR.'S CATALOGUE (REF. 1)/ FOUNDED IN 1905 IN MONTREAL BY BUFFALO FORGE CO., CDN BLOWER MOVED IN 1914 TO BERLIN (KITCHENER AFTER 1916). IT STILL OPERATED UNDER THAT NAME IN 1976 BUT BY 1979 WAS CANADIAN BLOWER/CANADA PUMPS LTD. AT SAME ADDRESS (REFS. 2 & 3). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 RAISED LETTERING READING "CANADIAN BLOWER & FORGECO. LTD./ KITCHENER ONT" ON ONE SIDE & "CAN. BLOWER & FORGE CO./ KITCHENER/ ONT"
- Missing
- UNKNOWN
- Finish
- POSSIBLY ORIGINALLY PAINTED GREY
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian Blower & Forge Co. Ltd., Blower, forge, after 1916, Artifact no. 2001.0281, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0281.001/
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