Heater, engine

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OBJECT TYPE: KEROSENE/PORTABLE
DATE: 1946
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.0490.001

MANUFACTURER: FOSTER, WALLIN ASSOCIATES INC.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Denver, Colorado, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STEEL/ COTTON WICK

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 15.0 cm
Height: 34.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Servicing
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: FOSTER
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Colorado
City: Denver

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C.1946-1950
Canada: AN EXAMPLE OF A DEVICE USED TO OVERCOME ONE OF THE PROBLEMS OF DRIVING IN CANADA'S SUB-ZERO WINTERS
Function: USED TO HEAT AN AUTOMOBILE MOTOR FOR EASIER STARTING IN THE COLD
Technical: AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF A BLOCK HEATER; CONTEMPORARY MODELS ARE ELECTRIC AND ARE PERMANENTLY INSTALLED IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. THIS WAS ALREADY OUTDATED BY 1946 AS ELECTRIC HEATERS AND CIRCULATION PUMPS WERE AVAILABLE C.1938.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED ON DECAL: 'AUTO MOTOR HEATER/ PATENTED/ WALLIN FOSTER ASSOCIATES INC. 46 DENVER COLORADO'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BODY PRINTED RED/ GOLD DECAL WITH BLACK PRINTING
Decoration: N/A

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FOSTER, WALLIN ASSOCIATES INC., Heater, engine, circa 1946, Artifact no. 1995.0490, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0490.001/

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