Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

29136B

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

Cast iron body/ canvas cover and padding/ wooden handle

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

101,0 cm

Largeur

127,0 cm

Hauteur

127,0 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Technologie industrielle

Catégorie

Appareils industriels

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

PANTEX

Pays

United States of America

État/province

Rhode Island

Ville

Central Falls

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Période

Sometime between 1920 when the laundry where it was used was opened and 1976 when it closed.

Canada

: In Ontario (1900), there were 6,919 Chinese immigrants and 2,508 Chinese laundries. Because of discrimination, the Chinese were forced to create their own economic niche: the hand-wash laundry shops. This particular machine was used at the Hintonburgh Hand Laundry Shop in Ottawa, one of the last shops of its kind. It closed in 1976. Hintonburg Hand Laundry started by Ta Fung Ho in 1902, and remained in the family until 1976. His son, Lin Chong Ho, started working in 1921 after arriving from China. The shop ran for 57 years and produced thousands of pounds of clean clothes.

Fonction

Shirt front press; uses steam to heat and press the clothes. The head of the press is lowered onto the shirt using compressed air, and then line steam is admitted to the head to heat the clothes. Condensed steam is carried away by a drainpipe.

Technique

Used in Chinese hand laundry shops. The technology was not very good and most workers had to put in long hours and endure harsh conditions. However, the amount of clothes that could be finished in a day was a high amount depending on the type of machinery in the shops. Bosom/body/yoke press, model L3380PLHD7, Serial number 291 36B.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

Molded on front: "PANTEX PRESSINGMACHINE, INC./ MACH. NO./ CENTRAL FALLS, R.I./ PAN-TEX"/ PLATE: "CANADIAN PANTEX MACHINERY CO., LTD./ OF MONTREAL, CANADA/ THIS MACHINE EMBODIES FEATURES/ COVERED BY ONE OR MORE OF THE/ FOLLOWING UNITED STATES PATENTS/ 1661153...2184375/ CANADIAN PATS: 285379 287225/ 287226 OTHER PATENTS PENDING/..."

Manque

Unknown

Fini

Painted matte grey with black trim

Décoration

S/O