Preserver, life
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- OBJECT TYPE
- vest/adult
- DATE
- 1982
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0570.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Ancient Mariner Industries Ltd.
- MODEL
- Foamfloat 1210
- LOCATION
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- life jacket
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- synthetics (including foam and nylon; fibre (probably cotton); metal
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 52.2 cm
- Width
- 47.0 cm
- Height
- 12.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Ancient
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- City
- Vancouver
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- Period
- Presumably used before 1982.
- Canada
-
From Mill No. 4 at Chemainus, B.C.. Built in 1925 by the Victoria Lumber & Mfg. Co., Mill No. 4 was bought c. 1944 by H.R. MacMillan, and operated as a MacMillan business (becoming, after 1951, MacMillan Bloedel) until 1982, when it was closed and dismantled. In 1984 a new and modern mill was built in Chemainus: as of 2001, it was still in operation. - Function
-
To prevent wearer from sinking in water. - Technical
-
Boom-men were required to wear an approved type of buoyancy equipment at all times when working on the mill boom, as were scow men working on/around hog and chip scows. [Ref. 3, p.22] Presumably this type of floatation vest could have been worn by either group: it was made in accordance with provincial (BC) Workmen's Compensation Board standards. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- " [N]o. 1210/ FOAMFLOAT/ INDUSTRIAL LIFE JACKET/ ANOTHER QUALITY PRODUCT OF/ ANCIENT MARINER INDUSTRIES/ LTD./ VANCOUVER, B.C." printed in blue ink on off-white fabric tag sewn to inside of rear right-side neckline. "MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH/ BRITISH COLUMBIA W.C.B./ REQUIREMENTS" stamped in black ink on inside of rear left-side neckline. "R.N.K." printed by hand in black marker on one back and one front panel. CMC catlalogue number "983.45.293 b" printed in black on white fabric label sewn to inside of jacket.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Heavily soiled orange synthetic (nylon ?) covered off-white foam pads linked by off-white fabric (probably cotton). Metal snap fasteners and buckles.
- Decoration
- Circular blue & white fabric badge sewn to front right-side pocket.
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Ancient Mariner Industries Ltd., Preserver, life, before 1982, Artifact no. 2001.0570, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0570.001/
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