Refrigerator
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MECHANICAL/ELECTRIC/COMPRESSION
- DATE
- 1931
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1973.0122.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 3268 (CABINET)
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL REFRIGERATING UNIT COMPONENTS, CABINET EXTERIOR & LEGS/ ENAMELLED METAL CABINET INTERIOR & FREEZER COMPARTMENT/ METAL WIRE SHELVES/ SYNTHETIC DOOR & DOOR OPENING MOLDINGS & TEMP. SETTING KNOBS/ RUBBERIZED FIBRE DOOR GASKET/ CHROME PLATED METAL DOOR HINGES & LATCH
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 71.2 cm
- Width
- 62.2 cm
- Height
- 167.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Food processing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
'MONITOR TOP' STYLE -- CIRCULAR REFRIGERATING UNIT WITH BASE FITS ON TOP OF CABINET. INSULATED DOUBLE WALLED CONSTRUCTION WITH FREEZER COMPARTMENT & THREE SHELVES. TEMPERATURE CONTROL & DEFROST MECHANISM ON REFRIGERATING MACHINE BASE. SULPHUR DIOXIDE REFRIGERANT. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE READS: 'REFRIGERATING MACHINE/ NO. 2203 TYPE D-2-A16/ REFRIGERANT CONTENT 5 3/4 LB. SULPHUR DIOXIDE/ PAT. 1922-1926-1927-1929-1930/ 110 VOLT, 60 CYCLE, SINGLE PHASE MOTOR/ 1/8 H.P. FULL LOAD AMPERES 2.5/ USE CONTROL CAT. 11X737/ CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY/ LIMITED./ K4426520 TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.'/ PLATE MOUNTED ON FRONT ABOVE DOOR READS: 'GENERAL GE [LOGO] ELECTRIC'/ ROUND PLATE MOUNTED ON FRONT BELLOW CONDENSER UNIT READS: 'GENERAL GE [LOGO] ELECTRIC'/ 'COLDER [WITH ARROW]' & 'ON/OFF' ON CONTROL UNIT/SECOND MFR'S PLATE IS HALF HIDDEN, EXPOSED HALF HAS SAME MFR. INFO. AS FIRST PLATE
- Missing
- None apparent.
- Finish
- REFRIGERATING UNIT, CABINET EXTERIOR & LEGS METAL REPAINTED WHITE/ CABINET INTERIOR & FREEZER COMPARTMENT METAL WITH WHITE ENAMELLED FINISH/ SHELVESMETAL UNFINISHED/ DOOR & DOOR OPENING MOLDINGS & KNOBS BLACK SYNTHETIC/ DOOR GASKET BLACK RUBBER COATED FIBRE (WORN)/ DOOR HINGES & HANDLE METAL WITH POLISHED CHROME FINISH
- Decoration
- CABRIOLE-STYLE LEGS
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Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd., Refrigerator, circa 1931, Artifact no. 1973.0122, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1973.0122.001/
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