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OBJECT TYPE: COLUMN, DOUBLE/6.25X23.25/STEEL/SINGLE WALL/PRESSED
DATE: 1909
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1975.0746.001

MANUFACTURER: Challenge Machinery Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Grand Haven, Michigan, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STEEL (PRESSED)

Dimensions

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

Length: 59.5 cm
Width: 16.6 cm
Height: 1.7 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Make-up
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Challenge
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Michigan
City: Grand Haven

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: CA. 1909 TO PRESENT
Canada: Unknown
Function: AN ALL PURPOSE GALLEY USED FOR PROOFING & STORAGE PURPOSES
Technical: THIS IS A GALLEY PRESSED FROM A SINGLE PIECE OF STEEL WITH REINFORCED ELECTRO-WELDED CORNERS. THE ORIGINAL PATENT FEATURE, WHICH WAS COPIED LATER BY MANY MFRS, WAS A 'BEADED' EDGE. THIS TYPE OF EDGE ALLOWED THE TYPE TO STAND SQUARELY IN THE GALLEY (THERE BEING NO CORNERS FOR DIRT TO COLLECT IN) & ALSO PROVIDED DRAINAGE CHANNELS AT THE END FOR CLEANING FLUIDS TO RUN OFF. THIS BECAME AN EXTREMELY POPULAR GALLEY & THE DESIGN IS STILL USED.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: STAMPED: 'THE CHALLENGE MCHRY CO./ GRAND HAVEN, MICH USA/ PATENTED/ NOV 23 1909'
Missing: N/A
Finish: UNFINISHED
Decoration: N/A

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Challenge Machinery Co., Galley, after 1909, Artifact no. 1975.0746, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1975.0746.001/

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