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OBJECT TYPE: PLATFORM/PORTABLE/75 LB
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1219.001

MANUFACTURER: FAIRBANKS-MORSE
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: B45902
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST IRON BASE & PLATFORM/ BRASS WEIGHTS & LEVER

Dimensions

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

Length: 41.5 cm
Width: 28.0 cm
Height: 29.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Barns & buildings
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: FAIRBANKS MORSE
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO DETERMINE WEIGHT
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: RED & GOLD DECAL ON BASE FRONT READS: `FAIRBANKS-MORSE/ MADE IN CANADA'/ DECAL DEPICTING GLOBE IS COLOURED BLUE & TAN WITH: `ATLANTIC OCEAN/ SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN' ABOVE & BELOW A RED RIBBON WITH: `FAIRBANKS-MORSE' IN GOLD ON IT/ STAMPED INTO REVERSE SIDE OFLEVER IS: `G[?]/ 202/ SQ/ FAIRBANKS-MORSE/ MADE IN CANADA/ B45902'/ YELLOW & BLACK STICKER ON BASE NEXT TO GLOBE DECAL READS: `CANADA/ AGRICULTURE/ 007718/ A320'/ CAST INTO UPRIGHT ARM IS: `C3986'/ SCRATCHED INTO BASE FRONT IS: `OP5077017'/ IN RAISED CAST FIGURES ON UNDERSIDE OF FRAME IS: `11218/ KWI/ EX', & ON UNDERSIDE OF PLATFORM IS: `10989'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BASE FRAME & PLATFORM PAINTED GREY/ WEIGHTS & LEVERS ARE BRASS-YELLOW
Decoration: N/A

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FAIRBANKS-MORSE, Scale, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1987.1219, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1219.001/

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