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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRIC/AIR/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1912
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.0349.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.
- MODEL
- 102875A B
- LOCATION
- East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON ENDS/ PRESSED METAL BODY/ COPPER MFR'S PLATES/ BRASS BAYONETS/ FIBRE COVERED CORD WITH METAL RECEPTACLES/ RUBBER PLUG WITH BRASS PRONGS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.3 cm
- Width
- 20.5 cm
- Height
- 46.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Environment control
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Westinghouse
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- East Pittsburgh
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Unknown - Function
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Unknown - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE AT BOTTOM FRONT READS: 'WESTINGHOUSE/ ELECTRIC & MFG. CO./ PITTSBURG, PA., U.S.A./ Non-Luminous Radiator/ Type B 100/112 Volts/ 9.4 to 2.4Amps./ Style No. 102875A/ PATENTED JUNE 6,'05 JUNE 16,'08 APR. 20'09/ 1324 (4-3-11)'/ PLATE AT BOTTOM BACK READS: 'INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING/ To obtain full heat, connect the black terminal to the middle./ plug, and the two red terminals to the outside plugs./ To obtain high medium heat, connect the black terminal to the/ middle plug, and one red terminal to the right-hand plug./ To obtain low medium heat, connect the black terminal to the/ middle plug, and one red terminal to the left-hand plug./ To obtain low heat, connect the black terminal to the left-hand/ plug, and one red terminal to the right-hand plug, or vice versa./ 2703 (7-27-12)'/ '7-13' STAMPED ON ONE END/ '5-13' STAMPED ON OTHEREND/ MARKS ON HEATER ELEMENT READ: 'STYLE 125816/ 6-12'/ MFR'S MARK ON PLUG READS: 'EAGLE'
- Missing
- From CA of 03/11/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- ENDS & BODY METAL WITH OXIDIZED COPPER? (DARK BROWN/ BLACK) FINISH CONTAINING DESIGNS IN UNFINISHED COPPER?/ MFR'S PLATES COPPER UNFINISHED WITH BLACK BACKGROUND & COPPER PRINTING/ BAYONETS BRASS UNFINISHED/ CORD COVERING BLACK & RED (FADED) FIBRE/ RECEPTACLES METAL UNFINISHED/ PLUG BLACK RUBBER WITH PRONGS BRASS UNFINISHED
- Decoration
- DISPERSED CORKSCREW-LIKE PATTERN IN UNFINISHED COPPER ON BODY/ RAISED VINE-LIKE DESIGN IN UNFINISHED COPPER ON ENDS
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Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., Heater, circa 1912, Artifact no. 1992.0349, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.0349.001/
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