Cleaner, beet seed

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OBJECT TYPE: BELT DRIVEN
DATE: 1924
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0864.001

MANUFACTURER: FERRELL, A.T. & CO.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Saginaw, 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: CANVAS CLEANING BED/ WOODEN (MAPLE?) FRAME/ WOODEN (OAK?) SEED BOX/ CAST IRON FLYWHEELS/ METAL RODS, BARS, HANDLES, LEVERS, CHAINS, NUTS, BOLTS & COGGED WHEELS

Dimensions

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

Length: 125.0 cm
Width: 81.0 cm
Height: 51.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Crop processing
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: FERRELL
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Michigan
City: Saginaw

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: CLEAN AND/OR SEPARATE BEET SEED
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED ALL INFO ISSTENCILLED ON IN BLACK PAINT/ ON FRONT OF SEED BOX IS: 'BEET SEED CLEANER'/ ON BOX BACK IS: 'PATD. APR. 8. 1924'/ ON UPPER CROSS BEAM IS: 'MFD. BY A.T. FERREL & CO.'/ ON LOWER CROSS BEAM IS: 'SAGINAW. MICHIGAN. U.S.A.'/ IN CAST RAISED LETTERS ON TWO FLYWHEELS OVER TWO SPOKES IS: 'A.T. FERREL & CO. SAGINAW MICH. 6-3'/ IN RAISED LETTERS ON INSIDE OF SMALL FLYWHEEL IS: 'A.T. FERREL & CO. H36 01'/ HANDWRITTEN IN PENCIL NEXT TO PAT INFO IS: 'Pulleys Motor-1 3/4 Jack Large 8" Small 2 1/2" Cleaner 22'/ ON UPPER CROSS BEAM A STICK-ON SMALL BLACK PLASTIC STRIP HAS WHITE LETTERING & READS: 'G & PBRI 00073'
Missing: APPARATUS TO BLOW DIRT AWAY FROM GRAIN From CA of 07/31/1997 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
Finish: NATURAL (OFF-WHITE) COLOURED CANVAS/ WOODEN FRAME MEMBER PIECES & BOX ARE HONEY OR LIGHT TAN IN COLOUR/ MOST OF THE METAL PARTS WERE ORIGINALLY PAINTED RED, THIS PAINT IS NOW CHIPPING & MISSING IN MANY PLACES
Decoration: N/A

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FERRELL, A.T. & CO., Cleaner, beet seed, after 1924, Artifact no. 1978.0864, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0864.001/

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