Whiffletree model

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1950
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1971.0657.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Wood whiffletree with steel parts

Dimensions

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

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Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Vann
Country: Canada
State/Province: Manitoba
City: Winnipeg

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Manitoba
Period: This model was built between 1950 and 1956.
Canada: W.J. Vann constructed this 1/4-scale working model of a Case water wagon in the 1950s. The museum acquired it in 1971 and used it in tandem with the steam traction and threshing machine models (1971.0656 and 1971.0658) to demonstrate grain threshing to visitors into the 1990s.
Function: Unknown
Technical: This object demonstrates the art of model-making in the realm of agriculture. It represents a Case water wagon manufactured in the early 1900s. The model is one of three working models built by Vann and acquired by the museum; the others include a Case steam traction engine (1971.0656) and a Case threshing machine (1971.0658).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Red and black whiffletree
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Whiffletree model, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1971.0657, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1971.0657.002/

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