Mortising machine

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OBJECT TYPE: CHAIN
DATE: 1925
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1983.0396.001

MANUFACTURER: Cowan & Co. of Galt Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Galt, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STEEL, CAST-IRON, LEATHER

Dimensions

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

Length: 117.2 cm
Width: 140.0 cm
Height: 180.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Tools-Machine
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Cowan
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Galt

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C. 1925-1980 (PROBABLY BOUGHT NEW BY TRANSPORT CANADA)
Canada: CANADIAN MADE TOOL
Function: CUTTING MORTISES IN WOOD
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: 'COWAN' CAST IN EMBOSSED LETTERS ON TOP CROSSPIECE OF MACHINE'S RIGHT SIDE; TRACES OF GOLD PAINT ON THE FIRST LETTER/ TRACES OF GOLD LETTERING ON SECOND CROSSPIECE BUT OBSCURRED BY GREYPAINT/ 'RUN THE CHAIN SLACK' CAST IN EMBOSSED LETTERS ON CHAIN COVER/ SEVERAL PART NUMBERS CAST IN EMBOSSED LETTERS: EG. '236-16' ON FRONT CLAMP; '256-8' WHERE TABLE IS RAISED OR LOWERED
Missing: UNKNOWN- APPARATUS REASONABLY COMPLETE
Finish: MACHINE HAS BEEN REPAINTED DARK GREY. ORIGINAL FINISH APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN BLACK
Decoration: TWO PLATES: FIRST: BLACKENED, BRASS MFR'S PLATE (PIERCED WITH 2 BOLT HOLES); SECOND: DISTRIBUTOR'S PLATE - RED ON GREY WITH BLACK & GREY LETTERING/ WAS CONVERTED TO BE DRIVEN BY AN INDIVIDUAL MOTOR. SWITCHGEAR HAS BEEN REMOVED TO RESTORE ORIGINAL APPEARANCE.

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Cowan & Co. of Galt Ltd., Mortising machine, circa 1925, Artifact no. 1983.0396, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1983.0396.001/

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