Clock, propeller

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OBJECT TYPE: 2 blade/wood/modified
DATE: 1942
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.0968.001

MANUFACTURER: S & S Aircraft Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: W1016
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: wood propeller & base with brass or copper leading edge; non-ferrous metal plate & eagle; steel screws; clock face & mechanism predom. glass, metal & plastic; cloth covered electrical cord

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 215.5 cm
Width: 27.5 cm
Height: 60.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Horology
Category: Commemorative
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: S&S
Country: Canada
State/Province: Manitoba
City: Winnipeg

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Manitoba
Period: WWII (1939-1945); this propeller presented Dec. 1942
Canada: presented to Ralph Bell, Director General Aircraft Branch, Dep't. of Munitions & Supply, Gov't. of Canada
Function: dispaly; commemorates 9000th propeller delivered by S&S Aircraft Ltd.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: commemorative plate on base reads: "PRESENTED TO RALPH P. BELL/DECEMBER 1942/BEING THE 9000TH PROPELLER DELIVERED BY/S & S AIRCRAFT LIMITED WINNIPEG"; lettering on adhesive stickers on both blades reads: "S & S AIRCRAFT LIMITED"; lettering etched ro impressed on wing tip of eagle reads: "MARTEN 44"; lettering stamped on left blade reads: "SER. W1016"; lettering stamped on right blade reads: "DRG. 220C"; lettering stamped on top of hub partly obscured by eagle reads: "DIA. 85/P[?]5/R[?]6-44-C5/M[?]42"; lettering painted on clock face reads: "GENERAL ELECTRIC"; 3 inspection stamps on left blade read: "S & S A LTD."; "S & S A LTD./5"; [illeg.] broad arrow.
Missing: N/A
Finish: light wood grain propeller & base; blades have copper coloured leading edges, blades painted black at back with yellow tips; silver-grey eagle & plate; tan clock face with dark brown numerals & hands; brown electric cord with black plug-in
Decoration: metal eagle with outstretched wings surmounting hub; S&S logo in each blade circular field between outstretched wings

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S & S Aircraft Ltd., Clock, propeller, 1942, Artifact no. 1966.0968, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1966.0968.001/

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