General Information

Serial #

126 T 2 P 63 P

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

turntable

Patents

N/A

General Description

primarily wood; metal text and hardware fittings.

Dimensions

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

Length

N/A

Width

N/A

Height

11.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

186.5 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Industrial Technology

Category

Industrial equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Presumably made and used before 1966.

Canada

Victoria Foundry established in Ottawa c. 1850 by N.S. Blasdell. In 1873-4, the business was expanded, and new buildings and equipment added. The 1900 fire which razed large areas of Ottawa destroyed the Foundry's property, but it was quickly re-built and re-equipped at a site on LeBreton Flats, where it operated until 1965. c. 1967 it merged with the foundry business of Thomas Lawson & Sons (est. in Ottawa c. 1885) and McMullen Perkins, a machine shop operation (active in Ottawa since 1912). The new company, Lawson-McMullen-Victoria Ltd. moved it's operations to Ottawa east. LMV is thought to have been active until c. 1972-73. (Ref. 1) In 1965 the National Capital Commission (NCC) expropriated the land in LeBreton Flats on which the Victoria Foundry (and it's soon-to-be partner T. Lawson & Sons) operated. Demolition of the foundry buildings began March 1, 1966 and were completed May 5th. Mr. Don MacKenzie collected archival material, patterns, and other items from the site during demolition, and offered to make them available to CSTM. Provenance of most Victoria Foundry-related items in museum's collection not conclusively documented. Association of this turntable pattern with Victoria Foundry is presumed/not documented.

Function

Permits large and/or heavy objects placed upon it to be rotated within a relatively small or confined space.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"V 186-4" appears in raised metal letters fixed to underside of turntable. "3314" stamped into turntable hub. "126 T 2 P 63 P D 4" stamped into rim.

Missing

Unknown. Turntable is damaged: one large area of loss on perimeter.

Finish

Wooden turntable has been painted black/dark brown on face & underside. Red-brown painted border on top surface; side surface & 5 raised wood discs fastened to underside, between raised ribs of turntable, also painted red-brown. Irregular circular band situated in centre of face is unpainted wood.

Decoration

N/A