Lathe
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- OBJECT TYPE
- METAL/FOOT DRIVEN
- DATE
- 1900–1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0610.001
- MANUFACTURER
- ROCKFORD
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Illinois, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Steel, cast iron
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 111.0 cm
- Width
- 50.8 cm
- Height
- 127.0 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
- ROCKFORD
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Acquired from Carp, Ontario. - Function
-
Metal working pedal lathe, driven by foot power. Machine tool used to perform various tasks on a rotating piece of material (wood or metal) and give a symmetrical, finished product. - Technical
-
Pedal lathe, commonly found prior to introduction of electric motors. Driven by foot power. Pedal lathes were the first common operating lathes of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, rising in the Industrial Revolution. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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ROCKFORD, Lathe, circa 1900–1925, Artifact no. 1976.0610, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1976.0610.001/
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