Tank, pressure
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0409.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MARSHALLTOWN MFG. CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Iowa, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM BODY; STEEL AND BRASS CONNECTING PIPES; GLASS COVER OVER GAUGE; SYNTHETIC WHEELS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 73.0 cm
- Width
- 32.0 cm
- Height
- 29.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Fire fighting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MARSHALLTOWN
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Iowa
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
USED AS PART OF THE RESEARCH CONDUCTED AT PNFI. CANADA HAS BEEN A WORLD LEADER IN THE DEVELOPMENT & TESTING OF FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND THE FEDERAL FORESTRY SERVICE, OF WHICH PNFI WAS THE KEYSTONE ESTABLISHMENT, HAS PLAYED AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN ESTABLISHING SPECIFICATIONS & TESTING THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THIS TECHNOLOGY [REF 1]. - Function
-
USED AS A PRESSURE ACCUMULATOR FOR TESTING FIRE HOSES. [REF 1] - Technical
-
SINCE WATER PUMPS USED FOR FOREST FIGHTING COULD NOT BUILD UP ENOUGH PRESSURE TO TEST FIRE HOSES, THIS DEVICE WAS NECESSARY FOR HIGH PRESSURE HOSE TESTING. [REF 1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MOLDED IN BODY: 'HOSE DRAIN/ PATENT PENDING/ 125/ SER. NO'/ PRINTED ON INSIDE OF VALVE KNOB: 'Toyo Valve Co. Ltd. MADE IN JAPAN'/ PRINTED ON GAUGE PLATE: 'MARSHALLTOWN/ IOWA USA/ MFG. CO.' '[SCALE 0 TO 1000]'
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETER
- Finish
- PAINTED SILVER
- Decoration
- N/A
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MARSHALLTOWN MFG. CO., Tank, pressure, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1996.0409, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0409.001/
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