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- OBJECT TYPE
- DESK/VARIABLE SPEED/ELECTRIC
- DATE
- 1909
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1980.0170.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 370296
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON PEDESTAL BASE & MOTOR HOUSING/ BRASS PLATED? BLADES/ BRASS PLATED METAL WIRE FAN GUARD/ SYNTHETIC SPEED CONTROL LEVER/ BRASS MFR'S PLATE/ FIBRE COVERED CORD/ SYNTHETIC (BAKELITE?) PLUG WITH BRASS PRONGS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 35.2 cm
- Width
- 30.1 cm
- Height
- 41.5 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
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RECTANGULAR MFR'S PLATE ON TOP OF MOTOR HOUSING READS: 'ALTERNATING CURRENT FAN MOTOR/ NO370296 VOLTS 110 CYCLES 60/ PATENTED/ APR. 26'92 MAR. 14'93 AUG.13'95 JUNE 25, 1901/ NP [6]252 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., U.S.A.'/ MFR'S LOGO 'CGE' IN SCRIPT ON BACK OF HOUSING & AT FRONT CENTRE OF FAN GUARD/ SETTINGS PRINTED IN GOLD ON BASE ABOVE SPEED CONTROL LEVER READ: 'OFF 1 2 3'/ DETAILED 'INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTALLING' PRINTED ON PAPER ATTACHED TO UNDERSIDE OF BASE (SEE TRANSCRIPTION IN SUPP.INFO.)/ MFR'S MARKS ON PLUG PRONGS READ: 'LEVITON/ H.B./ 15A-125V' (ON OUTSIDE) & 'CSA' ON INSIDE
- Missing
- From CA of 03/07/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- BLACK JAPANNED FINISH ON BASE & HOUSING/ BLADES PLATED? BRASS UNFINISHED/ GUARD PLATED BRASS UNFINISHED/ SPEED CONTROL LEVER BLACK SYNTHETIC/ MFR'S PLATE BRASS WITH BLACK BACKGROUND & BRASS PRINTING/ CORD COVERING KHAKI FIBRE/ PLUG BROWN SYNTHETIC/ PRONGS BRASS UNFINISHED
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Electric Co., Fan, circa 1909, Artifact no. 1980.0170, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1980.0170.001/
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