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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRIC
- DATE
- 1927
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0853.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MILLERS FALLS CO.
- MODEL
- 1716/1279
- LOCATION
- Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 235017
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 11
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL HAMMER CASING, ALUMINUM HANDLE & NOSE PIECE; SYNTHETIC POWER CORD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 42.3 cm
- Width
- 34.7 cm
- Height
- 27.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Tools-Machine
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MILLERS
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Greenfield
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
UNKNOWN - Function
-
POWER HAMMER DESIGNED FOR LIGHT CUTTING, HEAVY METAL SCALING, BUSH HAMMERING CONCRETE SURFACES, CALKING & TAMPING. - Technical
-
MILLERS FALLS CO. ELCTRIC HAMMERS DID NOT CONTAIN MOTORS, GEARS OR BEARINGS. HAMMERING ACTION WAS PRODUCED BY FREE PISTON, WHICH TWO STRNG ELECTROMAGNETS FORCED RAPIDLY BACK & FORTH, PRODUCING 3600 BLOWS PER MINUTE (REF. 1). MODEL 1716 WAS INTERMEDIATE IN SIZE & POWER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE READS "MILLERS FALLS COMPANY/ GREENFIELD, MASS. U.S.A./ ELECTRIC HAMMER/ TYPE 1716 CYCLES 60/ VOLTS 110 AMPS 6 AMP./ STYLE 1279 SERIAL 235017/ U.S PATENT 1637717 & OTHERS/ PATENTED 1924 CANADA"
- Missing
- UNKNOWN - APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- GREY METAL, BLACK CORD
- Decoration
- LOGO READING "MILLERS FALLS/ TOOLS" ON MFG. PLATE
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MILLERS FALLS CO., Hammer, after 1927, Artifact no. 1966.0853, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1966.0853.001/
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