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OBJECT TYPE: CONTINUOUS/60 CAN
DATE: 1915–1987
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0047.001

MANUFACTURER: Dickerson Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal/mounted on wood blocks/plastic parts

Dimensions

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

Length: 200.0 cm
Width: 200.0 cm
Height: 205.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: 883.14
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Industrial equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Dickerson
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: This was probably the last vent filler in Canada - this was the method used to fill and seal cans of evaporated milk
Function: Automatically filled cans with precise amount of evaporated milk via small vent hole (See Supp Inf)
Technical: Canned evaporated milk allowed people to have milk for their use anywhere - many babies were raised on evaporated milk
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: White decal with red number from 1-60 on each cylinder/black lettering on gauge dial reads "WESTON"
Missing: none evident on the main equipment.
Finish: Base painted metallic grey/metallic working parts/plated gauge casing
Decoration: N/A

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Dickerson Co., Filler, can, between 1915–1987, Artifact no. 1987.0047, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0047.001/

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