Pump, gasoline
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Glass reservoir/Gravity feed/10 gallons
- DATE
- 1928
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0418.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Service Station Equipment Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- 550
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 6858
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal, glass, rubber [?]
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 274.3 cm
- Width
- 58.4 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Servicing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Service
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Type of gas pump manufactured and used in Canada. B-A was the first company in Canada to start making and selling a visible pump in 1922. The company involved with this was called Clear Vision Pump Company Limited. In 1927, the manufacturing aspect was transferred to a new company called the Service Station Equipment Company Limited which was renamed International Metal Industries Limited. - Function
-
Used to pump gasoline from underground reservoirs for filling automobile tanks. - Technical
-
The first practical pump was developed by S. Bowser in 1885 which kept being perfected until 1905 with the first outdoor pump. In 1906 the first visible cylinder measuring pump was invented by John Tokheim and also the first curbside pump with underground storage. It is only in about 1915 that a station began using visible gasoline pumps. The consumer could evaluate by eye if his car received the right volume of gas. They became popular by 1920. They became aesthetic to attract consumers. They were replaced by the electric-motor-driven gasoline pumps around 1930. At the time, gasoline had lead. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- On Tank: White metal plate on tank reads: "CONTAINS/ LEAD/ (TETRAETHYL) AND/ IS TO BE USED AS/ MOTOR FUEL ONLY,/ NOT FOR CLEANING/ OR ANY OTHER USE./ AVOID SPILLING." Gray metal plate on tank reads: "[logo: CLEARVISION]/ GASOLINE DISPENSER/ CAPACITY 10 GALLONS/ MODEL NO. 550 SERIAL NO. 6858 INSP. STAMP [GR/ 1H7/ T]/ H.E.P.C. APPROVAL NO. 1192/ DESIGN REG. 1925___PAT'D. 1925-1926-1927-/ SERVICE STATION EQUIPMENT CO. LTD./ TORONTO AND WINNIPEG" * See document in S.I. for complete list of markings...
- Missing
- Vacant areas for panels or plaques 2 incandescent light bulbs
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Service Station Equipment Co. Ltd., Pump, gasoline, circa 1928, Artifact no. 1968.0418, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0418.001/
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