General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PRIMARILY WOODEN CONSTRUCTION; METAL, SYNTHETIC & WOODEN COMPONENTS

Dimensions

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

Length

152.0 cm

Width

103.5 cm

Height

224.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

HOFER

Country

Canada

State/Province

Alberta

City

Stirling

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS MODEL DISPLAYED 1986-1989, 1996+

Canada

WORKING MODEL OF A TYPICAL GRAIN ELEVATOR IN WESTERN CANADA. THIS MODEL REPRESENTS ELEVATOR IN STIRLING ALBERTA.

Function

TO DEMONSTRATE THE STORAGE, CLEANING & WEIGHING OF GRAIN & ITS LOADING FROM ELEVATOR BINS INTO RAILWAY CARS & TRUCKS

Technical

MODEL OF CLASSIC COUNTRY OR EARLY TIMBER ELEVATOR. TYPICALLY CONSTRUCTION OF WALLS & BINS WAS OF CRIB- 2X6 OR 2X4 INCH TIMBERS STACKED ON THE FLAT & SPIKED TOGETHER, ENDS ALTERNATELY OVERLAPPING AT CORNERS. 9-10.5 M WIDE AND 23 M OR MORE HIGH, SUCH ELEVATORS COULD HOLD 35,000-40,000 BUSHELS OF GRAIN. (REF.2, P.760)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S PLATE IN UPPER RIGHT FRONT READS: '1985-1986/ Custom Built by/ DARIUS & JOHN R. HOFER/ (403) 756-2270'/ DECALS & SIGNS LOCATED ON VARIOUS AREAS OF MODEL FEATURE LOGO & TEXT 'ALBERTA/ POOL'. BINS & CONTROL MECHANISM LABELLED/ TRAIN CAR BEARS CANADA WORDMARK & LOGO; STYLIZED GRAIN LOGO, & MARKINGS 'CPWX 71761' & 'NEW 4 86'/ TRACTOR MARKED 'JOHN DEERE 630'; JOHN DEERE LOGO & NAME PAINTED ON TRACTOR FRONT/ 'DYERSVILLE, IOWA 52040/ MADE IN U.S.A.' CAST IN RAISED PRINT ON LOWEREDGE OF TRACTOR/ 'JOHN DEERE' APPEARS ON BACK OF TRACTOR SEAT/ 'ERTL' CAST IN RAISED PRINT ON TIRES/ 'JOHN DEERE' PRINTED ON BOTH SIDES OF WAGON; 'ERTL 11L15-6' CAST IN RAISED PRINT ON WAGON TIRES/ EXTERNAL POWER SWITCHES LABELLED

Missing

NONE EVIDENT. 1/16 SCALE TRACTOR & WAGON NOT ORIGINAL TO MODEL

Finish

MODEL EXTERIOR PAINTED GREEN; LOWER PORTION REPRESENTING UNDERGROUND AREAS, AND ROAD, DOCK & TRAIN PLATFORM PAINTED MEDIUM-GREY. INTERIOR UNFINISHED. RED TRAIN CAR & GREEN & YELLOW TRACTOR & WAGON COMPONENTS

Decoration

N/A