Pump, water

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OBJECT TYPE: HORIZONTAL/4 STAGE/CENTRIFUGAL
DATE: 1954–1963
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1996.0426.001

MANUFACTURER: Watson Jack & Co. Ltd.
MODEL: MK.1
LOCATION: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 728
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STEEL FRAME & FRONT NOSE SCREEN/ ALUMINUM HOUSING, DIFFUSERS AND IMPELLERS/ SYNTHETIC HOSE CONNECTION COVERS AND STARTING CABLE HANDLE

Dimensions

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

Length: 75.0 cm
Width: 42.0 cm
Height: 37.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Fire Fighting
Category: Extinguishers
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Wajax
Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
City: Montreal

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY USED MAINLY FROM THE MIDDLE 1950S TO MID-1960S BEFORE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARK 2M
Canada: DEVELOPED AND MFG IN CANADA. CANADA HAS BEEN A WORLD LEADER IN THE DEVELOPMENT & TESTING OF FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT. THE FEDERAL FORESTRY SERVICE,OF WHICH PNFI WAS THE KEYSTONE ESTABLISHMENT, HAS PLAYED AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN ESTABLISHING SPECIFICATIONS & TESTING THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE TECHNOLOGY.
Function: USED TO PUMP SURFACE WATER TO FIGHT FOREST FIRES IN REMOTE LOCATIONS
Technical: THIS PUMP REPLACED THE DDVA MODEL AND WAS SUPERCEDED BY THE MARK 2 AND 2M. IT HAS A QUICK RELEASE BRACKET TO ATTACH THE PUP TO THE MOTOR, WHICH EASES THE REMOVAL OF THE PUMP FOR SERVICING
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFG'S PLATE ON PUMP: 'WAJAX/ WATSON JACK CO. LTD./ MONTREAL, CANADA/ CENTRIFUGAL PUMP/ MARK 1/ SER. NO./ 728/ ISSUE/ 7'/ MOLDED IN HOUSING: 'WAJAX 12-8' '12-12' '12-10'/ STAMPED IN HOUSING: '1SZK1 12-8-4/ M-1018'/ DECAL ON MOTOR: 'WAJAX/ MARK 1'/ MOLDED ON ENGINE HOUSING: 'KEIKHAEFER/ AIR COOLED MERCURY FULL JEWELED/ ENGINE/ PULL/ TO CHOKE'/ PLATE ON MOTOR: 'WAJAX/ WATSON JACK CO. LTD./ MONTREAL, CANADA/ ENGINE SER./ 628745/ RATING/ 9.0 H.P./ IMPORTANT/ DO NOT OPERATE ENGINE/ WITH PUMP DISCONNECTED'/ PLATE ON SIDE OF ENGINE WITH OPERATING AND LUBRICATING INSTRUCTIONS/ TAPE ON FRONT: 'UNIT NO 4'
Missing: From CA of 06/29/1999 by Tony Missio: No - Appears complete
Finish: ENGINE PAINTED SILVER/ PUMP, TUBULAR FRAME, AND ENGINE SIDE UNITS PAINTED GLOSS RED
Decoration: N/A

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