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- OBJECT TYPE
- Electric/Laundry
- DATE
- 1918
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.0366.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Edison Appliance Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Edison Laundry
- LOCATION
- Stratford, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Nickel-plated pressed steel housing and cast iron sole plate. Nickel-plated metal handle with wooden hand grip and phenolic thumb rest.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 17.5 cm
- Width
- 11.3 cm
- Height
- 13.1 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Laundry
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Edison
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Stratford
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Of Canadian manufacture. Part of the Ontario Hydro collection donated to the Museum in 1992. Ontario Hydro received this iron from Canadian General Electric of Barrie Ontario in 1964. - Function
-
To press or smooth textiles. - Technical
-
The Edison Laundry Iron was designed for continuous use in a commercial laundry. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Rectangular mfr's plate on heel reads: 'LAUNDRY Edison [logo] IRON/ CAT. 417CF1 W.700 V.110 LBS. 7 1/2/ CANADIAN EDISON APPLIANCE CO. LIMITED/ STRATFORD, H.E.P.C. PERMIT NO.336 CANADA/ N.P.C. 17 MADE IN CANADA'.
- Missing
- Electrical cord. From CA of 03/29/1994 by Tony Missio: Yes - missing cord
- Finish
- Polished nickel finish on housing, sole plate and handle. Wooden hand grip painted black. Black metal? thumb rest. Grey metal mfr's plate with black background and grey & orange graphics.
- Decoration
- Mfr's logo consists of oval containing model/mfr. name written in script.
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Canadian Edison Appliance Co. Ltd., Iron, circa 1918, Artifact no. 1992.0366, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.0366.001/
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