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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1907
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1972.0210.004
- MANUFACTURER
- Ruud Mfg. Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 4
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- metal
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
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Plumbing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Ruud
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- East Pittsburgh
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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The Ruud Mfg. Co. became established in Canada in 1908 with a factory in Toronto, they later expanded from this base. - Function
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Used for heating large quantities of water for households. This model was considered the standard size for a 'modern' household, having a kitchen, 2 bathrooms & a laundry (Ref. 1) - Technical
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An exclusive feature of Ruud water heaters was to provide a means of diverting condensation from lower coils to outside of heater - thus protecting heater coils, burner and base against condensation damage. The double gas valve system provided greater control and prevented overheating water and wasting fuel (Ref. 1) - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None apparent
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Coiled ferrous metal
- Decoration
- N/A
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Ruud Mfg. Co., Spring, circa 1907, Artifact no. 1972.0210, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1972.0210.004/
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