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- OBJECT TYPE
- METAL/8 FOOT
- DATE
- 1924–1926
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1983.0644.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bertram, John & Sons Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Dundas, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 10931
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL (CAST IRON & STEEL), HAS FIBRE COVERS ON PTS OF IT
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 492.0 cm
- Width
- 157.0 cm
- Height
- 215.0 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
- Bertram
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Dundas
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Nova Scotia
- Period
- C.1907-1981
- Canada
-
Equipment from the last steam shop in eastern Canada, in Glace Bay, NS. It was inside the railway round house, according to former curator Ian Jackson. The now defunct Bertram Co. was a major Canadian builder of machine tools. - Function
-
TO PLANE METAL - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLAQUE AT TOP 'BERTRAM/ No. 10931'/ CAST ON SIDE 'THE JOHN BERTRAM & SONS CO./ LIMITED/ DUNDAS ONT. CANADA'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- PAINTED DARK GREY WITH A FEW PTS (HANDLES)PAINTED RED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Bertram, John & Sons Co. Ltd., Planer, between 1924–1926, Artifact no. 1983.0644, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1983.0644.001/
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