General Information

Serial #

1506

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL WITH SYNTHETIC HANDLE, CORD IS METAL, SYNTHETIC & FIBRE

Dimensions

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

Length

25.0 cm

Width

21.8 cm

Height

20.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Domestic Technology

Category

Food processing

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

General Electric

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

NEVER USED

Canada

Canadian design by Moffat. Was not sold in US by GE.Moffatt is widely acknowledged as one of Canada's preeminent industrial designers. Some of his other credits include a floor polisher, a teardrop-shaped floor heater, and one of the first electric lawnmowers

Function

TO BOIL WATER

Technical

USED AN IMMERSION ELEMENT ('G-E CALROD HEATING ELEMENT') RATHER THAN AN ELEMENT UNDER THE KETTLE & THEREFORE CLAIMS TO HEAT WATER TWICE AS FAST AS AN 'ORDINARY' KETTLE. Legend has it that an unknown engineer in the steel-stamping factory at Canadian Motor Lamp Company saw a headlight of a McLaughlin Buick (another Canadian original) and thought that, turned upside down, it would make the perfect receptacle for an electric coil". Making a kettle from the mold of headlamp was a revolution, a rethink on how objects are made using the fewest resources to make them, a concept that is just now finding mass application. "The kettle's dome was created by drawing a flat circular sheet of brass using a powerful hydraulic press. Over 40 separate parts were incorporated into the first model, including a steel base plate, and Bakelite handle. The gleaming shine of the kettle was achieved by a process using 16 separate polishing steps. This 1940 design became an industry standard, and was sold as the "economy kettle" until the 1960s, after millions were sold.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ON BASE 'CAT. NO. K42 1500 W. 110V AC ONLY/ CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. LIMITED/ TORONTO CAN./ CSA APP. NO. 8084/ CAUTION/ USE WITH WALL OR BASE RECEPTACLE ONLY/ MADE IN CANADA/ [UPSIDE DOWN] 1506' & 'CAUTION/ DO NOT IMMERSE THIS/ APPLIANCE IN ANY LIQUID/ U/L [ENCIRCLED]' & 'RESET'/ ABOVE CORD PLUG-IN 'GE' [ENCIRCLED]/ GENERAL ELECTRIC'

Missing

None.

Finish

CHROME-LIKE FINISH; BLACK HANDLE, BLACK CORD WITH WHITE STRIPES

Decoration

N/A