Wrench

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OBJECT TYPE: Fixed/1 head/open
DATE: 1870
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1982.0563.003

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Ferrous metal wrench

Dimensions

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

Length: 51.0 cm
Width: 7.6 cm
Height: 1.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Maintenance equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PERIOD OF FIRST USE UNKNOWN; 1895-1974 (BUCKINGHAM POST)
Canada: ALTHOUGH NO PROOF EXISTS AT PRESENT, THIS PRESS MAY BE OF CANADIAN MANUFACTURE. OF THE TAYLOR PATTERN, IT BEARS NO MFR'S MARKS. IT MAY BE A COPY PRODUCED BY JOSEPH HALL MACHINE WORKS, OSHAWA, WHICH PRODUCED 'TAYLOR POWER CYLINDERS' FROM THE MID 1860S UNTIL 1877.
Function: A long-handled wrench made specially for use with a part of a printing press.
Technical: GOOD EXAMPLE OF CLASS OF MACHINE KNOWN AS 'COUNTRY PRESS'. INITIALLY, INVENTION OF A.B. TAYLOR (CA.1860), PRESSES DESIGNED FOR ECONOMY, SIMPLICITY & 'PORTABILITY'. THEY ANSWERED NEEDS OF SMALL RUN WEEKLY NEWSPAPER PRINTERS WHO WANTED AN INEXPENSIVELY BUILT MACHINE THAT COULD BE RUN BY HAND, REQUIRED LITTLE SERVICING & COULD BE USED IN ALMOST ANY ACCOMMODATION. IN MANY SHOPS THE COUNTRY CYLINDER WAS FIRST PRESS TO REPLACE WASHINGTON HAND PRESS FOR PRINTING OF NEWPAPERS. PRESS APPEARS TO BE CA.1860 TAYLOR PATTERN.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None apparent
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Black metal wrench
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Wrench, circa 1870, Artifact no. 1982.0563, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1982.0563.003/

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