Snowblower

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OBJECT TYPE: GAS
DATE: 1963
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1983.0417.001

MANUFACTURER: Outboard Marine Corp. of Canada Ltd.
MODEL: SNOW-BOY IRONHORSE
LOCATION: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: SB-16
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 5
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL BODY & PARTS/ RUBBER TIRES & STARTER HANDLE/ SYNTHETIC CHOKE KNOB & ON.3 THE CHUTE CONTROL CRANK KNOB/.2 RUBBER HANDLE GRIPS/ FIBRE STARTER ROPE

Dimensions

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

Length: 63.0 cm
Width: 39.5 cm
Height: 65.7 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Domestic Technology
Category: Exterior work
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Outboard
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Peterborough

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C. 1963
Canada: Unknown
Function: CLEARS SNOW BY DRAWING IT IN USING A FAN & BLOWING IT OUT IN ANOTHER DIRECTION
Technical: ONE OF THE EARLIEST DOMESTIC SNOW REMOVAL MACHINES
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFR'S PLATE READS: "OUTBOARD MARINE [ILLEGIBLE]/ SNOW/ BOY/ SB-16" / "[LOGO]/ IRON HORSE" & "OFF-ON" CAST ON TOP OF MOTOR / STARTING INSTRUCTIONS ON BACK READ: ‘IMPORTANT: PLACE RIGHT FOOT ON HOUSING, TO REAR OF ENGINE./ WHEN STARTING. HOLD STARTER HANDLE UNTIL FULLY RECOILED./ TO START: OPEN FUEL VALVE UNDER GAS TANK AND OPEN SCREW ON GAS/ TANK CAP. TURN CHOKE KNOB TO ‘ON' POSITION AND PULL UP. PULL/ RECOIL STARTER HANDLE. WHEN ENGINE STARTS. PUSH CHOKE KNOB/ DOWN./ TO STOP: TURN CHOKE KNOB TO ‘OFF' POSITION./ FUEL: MIX ½ PIN OF SAE 30MM (OK Ms) AUTOMOTIVE/ OIL TO EACH GALLON OF REGULAR GASOLINE. MIX THOROUGHLY IN CLEAN/ SEPARATE CONTAINER. AVOID LOW QUALITY OILS./ FOR HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT. BLADE MAINTENANCE. STORAGE AND OTHER/ INSTRUCTIONS. CONSULT YOUR OWNER'S MANUAL/ [SAME IN FRENCH]/ Outboard Marine Corporation of Canada Ltd./ PETERBOROUGH - CANADA' WITH MFR'S INFO. WHICH READS: "PATENTS APPLIED FOR/ Outboard Marine Corporation of Canada Ltd./ PETERBOROUGH - CANADA" / DECAL ON SHUTE WITH OILING INSTRUCTIONS READS: ‘OILING INSTRUCTION:/ USE MOTOR OIL SAE 10W IN GEAR-/ CASE AND SAE 20W OIL ON IMPE-/ LLER SHAFT. USE WINTER GRADE/ GASOLINE IN FUEL MIXTURE./ [SAME IN FRENCH]/ Outboard Marine Corporation of Canada Ltd./ PETERBOROUGH - CANADA'/ "SNOW-BOY" ON DECAL AROUND MOTOR
Missing: N/A
Finish: RED ENAMEL/ WHITE ENAMEL WHEELS
Decoration: DECAL ON MOTOR CASING - WHITE W. BLACK SHADED RED LETTERING/ DECAL ON CHUTE - SILVER W. BLACK LETTERING

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Outboard Marine Corp. of Canada Ltd., Snowblower, circa 1963, Artifact no. 1983.0417, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1983.0417.001/

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