Sling car
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SWIVEL CHURCH
- DATE
- 1885
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0865.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL/ SISAL ROPE (PROBABLY NOT ORIGINAL)
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 45.5 cm
- Width
- 16.0 cm
- Height
- 42.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Barns & buildings
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED WITH TRACK & PULLEY SYSTEM TO CARRY HAY FORKS OR HAY SLINGS CONTAINING HAY ALONG OVERHEAD TRACKS IN BARN. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF ONCE-COMMON BARN EQ. ALSO KNOWN AS HAY CARS OR HAY CARRIERS, SLING CARS ARE TRUCKS RUNNING ON TRACK FOR CARRYING LOADS OF HAY HELD BY FORKS OR SLINGS INTO BARN, FROM OVER POINT OF LOADING. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- CAST LETTERING ON EACH SIDE OF SLING CAR READS "PAT SWIVEL 1885/ F CHURCH 48"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 07/16/1997 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
- Finish
- METAL PAINTED BLACK (NOT-ORIGINAL)/ NATURAL ROPE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Sling car, after 1885, Artifact no. 1966.0865, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/item/1966.0865.001/
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