Lighthouse model
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WOOD/SOLAR POWERED
- DATE
- 1980
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1983.0668.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN STRUCTURE WITH ONE SIDE PLEXIGLASS; PLEXIGLASS WINDOWS IN LIGHT TOWER; METAL & SYNTHETIC METER & BATTERY STORAGE; GLASS,METAL & SYNTHETIC LIGHT
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 97.0 cm
- Width
- 97.0 cm
- Height
- 240.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Power sources
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1980-1982
- Canada
-
PART OF AN EXHIBIT LINKED TO THE 'RENEWABLE ENERGY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT' SEPT 1978 - NOV 1982 IN A BUILDING AT THE RIDEAU FALLS FUNDED BY NRC; DEPT. OF ENERGY, MINES & RESOURCES; & PUBLIC WORKS. REFLECTS CANADIAN CONCERNS ABOUT ENERGY CONSERVATION FOLLOWING ENERGY CRISIS OF 1973 - Function
-
TO DEMONSTRATE THE USE OF SOLAR ENERGY FOR POWERING REMOTE NAVIGATIONAL AIDS - Technical
-
SHOWS EARLY USE OF SOLAR ENERGY IN REMOTE LOCATIONS - AT THE TIME, ALTHOUGH SOLAR ENERGY WAS EXPENSIVE USE IN REMOTE LOCATIONS WAS MORE ECONOMICAL THAN PROVIDING HYDRO LINES. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON METER: 'TYPE 077-110/ CAT. 1408/ Crompton/ INT. SHUNT/ ES12A D.C./ 0 100 200 300 400 WATTS'/ ON BOX: 'Energy/ Systems/ CRSM 0001/ PHILIPS'
- Missing
- ELECTRONIC CONNECTIONS
- Finish
- LIGHTHOUSE PAINTED MATTE WHITE WITH RED PAINTED TOWER/ GREY BATTERY STORAGE BOX WITH BLACK PRINT
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lighthouse model, circa 1980, Artifact no. 1983.0668, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1983.0668.001/
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