Pump, water

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OBJECT TYPE
HORIZONTAL/6 STAGE/CENTRIFUGAL
DATE
1939–1991
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1996.0400.001
MANUFACTURER
Pumps & Power Ltd.
MODEL
PARAMOUNT CUB
LOCATION
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
3
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
.1 PREDOMINATELY ALUMINUM WITH IRON BASE; GLASS OVER GAUGE FACE/.2 SHEET STEEL WITH FIBRE HANDLE/.3 WOODEN FRAME; STEEL SUPPORT BARS; CANVAS COVER; LEATHER STRAPS AND BACK LACES

Dimensions

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

Length
74.0 cm
Width
45.0 cm
Height
33.0 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Fire Fighting
Category
Extinguishers
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
Pumps
Country
Canada
State/Province
British Columbia
City
Vancouver

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Unknown
Period
DEVELOPED IN THE LATE 1930S WITH COMPANYCLOSING IN 1991
Canada
DEVELOPED & MFG. BY A CANADIAN CO. IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DOMINION FOREST SERVICE OF CANADA. CANADA HAS BEEN A WORLD LEADER IN THE DEVELOPMENT & TESTING OF FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT. THE FEDERAL FORESTRY SERVICE, OF WHICH PNFI WAS THE KEYSTONE ESTABLISHMENT, HAS PLAYED AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN ESTABLISHING SPECIFICATIONS & TESTING THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE TECHNOLOGY. [REF 2]
Function
USED TO PUMP WATER TO FIGHT FOREST FIRES IN REMOTE LOCATIONS
Technical
ONLY SIX STAGE CENTRIFUGAL PUMP IN NMST'S COLLECTION. ONE OF ITS FEATURES IS A PRIMING PUMP INCORPORATED WITH THE CENTRIFUGAL PUMP CONSISTING OF A VANE TYPE IMPELLER MOUNTED ECCENTRICALLY IN A CIRCULAR CHAMBER AT THE SUCTION END OF THE PUMP. [REF 1]
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
.1 MOLDED IN FRONT: 'PUMPS & POWER LTD/ VANCOUVER/ CANADA/ PARAMOUNT/ CUB/ PAT. APP. FOR'/ PRINTED ON GAUGE: '[SCALE 0 TO 300]/ PARAMOUNT/ VANCOUVER/ US/ GAUGE CO NY/ MADE IN USA'/ PLAQUE ON ENGINE: 'PARAMOUNT/ MODEL/ 2400-1/ REFER TO/ 1F711/ PUMPS & POWER Limited/ VANCOUVER, B.C.'/ MOLDED ON TOP: 'PU PS POWER LTD./ SER. NO. 1F711'/ MOLDED ON FLYWHEEL COVER: 'PARAMOUNT CUB/ PUMPS &POWER LTD/ VANCOUVER CANADA/ LUBRICATION OPERATION/...'/ MOLDED ON TOP: 'THE TILLOTSON MFG. CO./ TOLEDO, O.'/ PAINTED ON CYLINDER: '7[?]1- T/ EBG [2 TIMES]'/.2 PAINTED ON SIDE: 'CUB/ DF'/ DYNOTAPE:'MIXED GAS'
Missing
STARTING ROPE From CA of 06/29/1999 by Tony Missio: Yes - Missing connectors from ends of spark plug wires
Finish
.1 PAINTED SILVER/.2 PAINTED GLOSS RED WITH WHITE PRINTING/.3 BROWN
Decoration
N/A

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