General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CAST IRON

Dimensions

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

Length

44.0 cm

Width

16.0 cm

Height

42.7 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

Emerson Campbell

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Tweed

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

THIS TYPE OF HAY CAR PRESUMABLY USED C.1910+.

Canada

EXAMPLE OF HAY CAR MFD. BY EARLY CANADIAN IMPLEMENT MFG. CO.

Function

USED IN COMBINATION WITH TRACK & PULLEY SYSTEM TO MOVE HAY WITHIN BARN

Technical

EXAMPLE OF ONCE-COMMON BARN EQ. ALSO KNOWN AS HAY CARS OR HAY CARRIERS, SLING CARS ARE TRUCKS RUNNING ON TRACK FOR CARRYING LOADS OF HAY HELD BY FORKS OR SLINGS INTO THE BARN, FROM OVER THE POINT OF LOADING. USUALLY THE CARRIER IS HELD BY A STOP ON THE TRACK UNTIL LOAD IS LIFTED (WHEN RELEASED BY FORK PULLEY OR BY KNOT ON ROPE) (REF.1, PP.231-32).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

'EMERSON & CAMPBELL' CAST ON LEFT SIDE OF LOWER FRAME; 'TWEED ONT. NO. 7.98' CAST ONRIGHT SIDE. 'R' & 'L' CAST ON EITHER SIDE OF CENTRE

Missing

NONE, HOWEVER CAR HAS BEEN DAMAGED AND ONE PULLEY RIM IS MISSING A LARGE PORTION OF OUTER RIM. From CA of 07/21/1997 by Kevin Machan: No - Complete

Finish

NATURAL FINISH

Decoration

N/A