Wheel & tire

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OBJECT TYPE: Metal wheel/Wire spokes/Tube
DATE: 1919
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1975.0719.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Ferrous metal wheel with a synthetic tire

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: 14.9 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 76.0 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Automotive parts
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1919+
Canada: Canadian built custom body, by the Orillia Carriage Factories Ltd. In 1909, after the IR plant fire, Tudhope organized a new company called Carriage Factories Ltd. This new firm reunited four major carriages manufacturer of the time, Tudhope from Orillia, Heney from Montreal, Munro & McIntosh from Alexandria and Canada Carriage from Brockville. They produced bodies for car manufacturers like Overland from about 1919 until 1924. The car was bought by previous owner, a Canadian student (grade 11) living in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1963 from a mobile home salesman also from Regina. This later had bought the car earlier in the summer for his daughter's wedding. The previous owner before the salesman was also from Regina and he had found the car in a barn under bales of hay. The student used the car from 1963 until 1971. The car was nicknamed Herman by one of his college friends.
Function: Unknown
Technical: The Overland 90 model was introduced in 1917 as a competition to Ford models and lasted until 1919. It presented improvements like all-round leaf-sprung suspension and rear-wheel drum brakes. It was apparently a well engineered, dependable and versatile car.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Moulded in raised letters on the tire: "CREST/ MACLEOD'S LIMITED/ [logo] PEAK/ PERFORMANCE/ MUD AND SNOW/ 4.40/4.50-21/ 4-PLY"
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Grey metal wheel with black rubber tire.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Wheel & tire, 1919, Artifact no. 1975.0719, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1975.0719.002/

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