General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CHROME PLATED METAL HOUSING/ ALUMINUM SOLE PLATE/ SYNTHETIC HANDLE & TEMP. CONTROL DIAL/ FIBRE COVERED CORD WITH RUBBER CORD LIFT & RUBBER & BRASS PLUG

Dimensions

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

Length

22.2 cm

Width

12.0 cm

Height

11.1 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Domestic Technology

Category

Laundry

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Westinghouse

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Hamilton

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Manufactured by Canadian Westinghouse Company Limited of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Westinghouse Company Limited donated this iron to Ontario Hydro, who donated it to the Canadian Science and Technology Museum in 1992.

Function

To press textiles. Temperature control provided greater efficiency when pressing different styles and weights of textiles.

Technical

Highlights advances in the efficiency and ease of ironing. Temperature control was an innovation in this domestic technology that dates to the late 1920s.Highlights advances in the efficiency and ease of ironing. Temperature control was an innovation in this domestic technology that dates to the late 1920s.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S MARKS ON UNDERSIDE OF HOUSING READ: 'CANADIAN WESTINGHOUSE Co LIMITED/ HAMILTON CANADA/ MODEL 1B22S-H60266/ CAUTION: USE WITH/ WALL OR BASE RECEPTACLE ONLY/ CSA APP. NO. 27 115V1000W AC'/ SETTINGS ON TEMPERATURE CONTROL DIAL READ: 'OFF LOW RAY-LO RAY-HI COTTON WOOL LINEN'/ MFR'S NAME AT BASE OF HANDLE READS: 'WESTINGHOUSE'/ RAISED PRINTING ON PLUG READS: 'VICEROY 660W 250V BELDEN PATENTED 1929/ MADE IN CANADA'

Missing

None, artifact appears to be complete.

Finish

POLISHED CHROME FINISH ON HOUSING/ SOLE PLATE ALUMINUM UNFINISHED/ HANDLE BLACK SYNTHETIC/ TEMP. CONTROL DIAL BLACK SYNTHETIC WITH WHITE PRINTING/ FIBRE CORD COVERING BLACK? (FADED) & WHITE/ CORD LIFT BLACK RUBBER/ PLUG BLACK RUBBER WITH PRONGS BRASS UNFINISHED

Decoration

RIDGE DOWN CENTRE OF HANDLE