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
More Information
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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