Propeller
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- OBJECT TYPE
- fixed pitch/2 blade/wood
- DATE
- 1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0018.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Requa Gibson Propeller
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- 457
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN PROPELLER WITH METAL TRAILING EGDES AND TIPS/ BRASS MFR'S PLATE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 214.0 cm
- Width
- 22.0 cm
- Height
- 10.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- 6.5
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Aircraft parts
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Gibson
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
The Requa Gibson, the first U.S. propeller production facility, was founded in 1909 and was headed by Canadian engineer Wallace R. Turnbull. - Function
-
Aircraft propulsion - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Brass mfrg plate on side of hub reads: 'REQUA GIBSON PROPELLER/ BUILT TO DESIGN OF HUGO C. GIBSON/ BY/ E.W. BONSON/ 806 11TH AVENUE/ NEW YORK CITY./ PROPELLER TYPE REG./ NO. 457 DIA. 7 PITCH 6/ ROTATION L HAND PATENT PENDING'
- Missing
- HUB PLATES & BOLTS From CA of 03/22/1999 by Corey Stephen: Yes - No - Hubs front plate and bolts are missing.
- Finish
- BLADES ARE COVERED WITH TIN AT THE ENDS/ TIN SHOWS SIGNS OF BLUE PAINT
- Decoration
- N/A
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Requa Gibson Propeller, Propeller, circa 1910, Artifact no. 1966.0018, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1966.0018.001/
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