Pump, water
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HORIZONTAL/6 STAGE/CENTRIFUGAL
- DATE
- 1939–1991
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0400.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Pumps & Power Ltd.
- MODEL
- PARAMOUNT CUB
- LOCATION
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 PREDOMINATELY ALUMINUM WITH IRON BASE; GLASS OVER GAUGE FACE/.2 SHEET STEEL WITH FIBRE HANDLE/.3 WOODEN FRAME; STEEL SUPPORT BARS; CANVAS COVER; LEATHER STRAPS AND BACK LACES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 74.0 cm
- Width
- 45.0 cm
- Height
- 33.0 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
- Pumps
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- City
- Vancouver
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- DEVELOPED IN THE LATE 1930S WITH COMPANYCLOSING IN 1991
- Canada
-
DEVELOPED & MFG. BY A CANADIAN CO. IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DOMINION FOREST SERVICE OF 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. [REF 2] - Function
-
USED TO PUMP WATER TO FIGHT FOREST FIRES IN REMOTE LOCATIONS - Technical
-
ONLY SIX STAGE CENTRIFUGAL PUMP IN NMST'S COLLECTION. ONE OF ITS FEATURES IS A PRIMING PUMP INCORPORATED WITH THE CENTRIFUGAL PUMP CONSISTING OF A VANE TYPE IMPELLER MOUNTED ECCENTRICALLY IN A CIRCULAR CHAMBER AT THE SUCTION END OF THE PUMP. [REF 1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 MOLDED IN FRONT: 'PUMPS & POWER LTD/ VANCOUVER/ CANADA/ PARAMOUNT/ CUB/ PAT. APP. FOR'/ PRINTED ON GAUGE: '[SCALE 0 TO 300]/ PARAMOUNT/ VANCOUVER/ US/ GAUGE CO NY/ MADE IN USA'/ PLAQUE ON ENGINE: 'PARAMOUNT/ MODEL/ 2400-1/ REFER TO/ 1F711/ PUMPS & POWER Limited/ VANCOUVER, B.C.'/ MOLDED ON TOP: 'PU PS POWER LTD./ SER. NO. 1F711'/ MOLDED ON FLYWHEEL COVER: 'PARAMOUNT CUB/ PUMPS &POWER LTD/ VANCOUVER CANADA/ LUBRICATION OPERATION/...'/ MOLDED ON TOP: 'THE TILLOTSON MFG. CO./ TOLEDO, O.'/ PAINTED ON CYLINDER: '7[?]1- T/ EBG [2 TIMES]'/.2 PAINTED ON SIDE: 'CUB/ DF'/ DYNOTAPE:'MIXED GAS'
- Missing
- STARTING ROPE From CA of 06/29/1999 by Tony Missio: Yes - Missing connectors from ends of spark plug wires
- Finish
- .1 PAINTED SILVER/.2 PAINTED GLOSS RED WITH WHITE PRINTING/.3 BROWN
- Decoration
- N/A
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Pumps & Power Ltd., Pump, water, between 1939–1991, Artifact no. 1996.0400, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0400.001/
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