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- OBJECT TYPE
- CEILING/ELECTRIC
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.1027.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- X46363
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BOTTOM HALF OF MOTOR HOUSING COPPER PLATED CAST IRON, TOP HALF SPUN STEEL?/ CAST METAL FAN BLADE BRACKETS & SHAFT/ WOOD BLADES/ 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
- N/A
- Width
- 46.5 cm
- Height
- 93.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Environment control
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Unknown - Function
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Unknown - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RECTANGULAR MFR'S PLATE ON TOP OF MOTOR HOUSING READS: 'GENERAL GE [LOGO] ELECTRIC/ U.S. PAT. 2119398/ CAT. 44986 NO. X46363/ VOLTS 110/120CYCLES60 AMP 2.2/ N.P.76408 SPEC 272705-1 FORM AT4 MADE IN U.S.A.'/ LABELS ON SIDE OF MOTOR HOUSING (2 TOTAL, PLUS 1 MISSING) READ: 'GENERAL GE [LOGO] ELECTRIC'/ BRACKETS TO WHICH BLADES ARE ATTACHED READ: 'UP' & 'DOWN' (POSITIONS FOR BLADES) & EXHIBIT THE FOLLOWING NOS.: '1/1' (BRACKET 1), '2/5' (BRACKET 2), '3/3' (BRACKET 3), '4' (BRACKET 4)/ NUMBERS STAMPED AT TOP OF CONNECTING SHAFT READ: '324[?]80' (OTHER NOS. ILLEGIBLE)
- Missing
- From CA of 03/09/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- BOTTOM HALF OF HOUSING & BRACKETS COPPER PLATED/ TOP HALFHOUSING & SHAFT METAL UNFINISHED/ BLADES WOOD VARNISHED/ MFR'S PLATE BRASS WITH BLACK BACKGROUND & BRASS PRINTING/ MFR'S LABELS PAPER ORIGINALLY COLOURED GOLD?
- Decoration
- ENDS OF FAN BLADE BRACKETS ARE TULIP-SHAPED
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General Electric, Fan, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1969.1027, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1969.1027.001/
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