Refrigerator
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MECHANICAL/ELECTRIC/COMPRESSION
- DATE
- 1931
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.0811.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- D-2-A12
- LOCATION
- Schenectady, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1051124
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL REFRIGERATING UNIT HOUSING, CABINET EXTERIOR & LEGS/ ENAMELLED METAL CABINET INTERIOR & FREEZER COMPARTMENT/ METAL WIRE SHELVES/ SYNTHETIC DOOR & DOOR OPENING MOLDINGS & TEMP.SETTING KNOBS/ RUBBER DOOR GASKET/ CHROME? PLATED METAL DOOR HINGES & HANDLE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 72.0 cm
- Width
- 63.0 cm
- Height
- 169.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Food processing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Schenectady
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
1ST SEALED UNIT WITH MONITOR TOP TO BE PUT ON MARKET - Function
-
FOOD PRESERVATION - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE READS: 'GE [LOGO] GENERAL ELECTRIC/ TYPE D-2-A12/ REFRIGERATING MACHINE NO. 1051124/ REFRIGERANT CONTENT 5 3/4 LB. SULPHUR DIOXIDE/ PAT. 1456110, 1665871, 1693323, 1698306, 1701343, 1725472, 1736635/ 110 VOLT, 25 CYCLE, A.C. SINGLE PHASE MOTOR/ 1/8 HP. FULL LOAD AMPERES 1.5/ USE CONTROL CAT. 11X4061/ GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. SCHENECTADY, N.Y. U.S.A.'/ NP 52142'/ 'GE [LOGO] CAT-11X207' CAST ON TOP NEAR COMPRESSOR/ '25 CY' ON PLATE ON COMPRESSOR/ 'GENERAL GE [LOGO] ELECTRIC' ON PLATE ABOVE DOOR/ CONTROL DIAL READS: 'COLDER [GRADUATED]'/ 'ON/OFF' SWITCH ALSO ON CONTROL BOX
- Missing
- From CA of 07/14/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- REFRIGERATING UNIT HOUSING, CABINET EXTERIOR & LEGS METALREPAINTED CREAM COLOUR/ CABINET INTERIOR & FREEZER COMPARTMENT METAL WITH WHITEENAMELLED FINISH/ SHELVES METAL UNFINISHED/ DOOR & DOOR OPENING MOLDINGS & KNOBS BLACK SYNTHETIC/ DOOR GASKET BEIGE RUBBER/ DOOR HINGES & HANDLE METAL WITH POLISHED CHROME? FINISH
- Decoration
- CABRIOLE-STYLE LEGS
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General Electric Co., Refrigerator, circa 1931, Artifact no. 1992.0811, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.0811.001/
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