Pump, water

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OBJECT TYPE: HORIZONTAL/2 STAGE/CENTRIFUGAL
DATE: 1967
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1996.0424.001

MANUFACTURER: Wajax Equipment Ltd.
MODEL: MK.26
LOCATION: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: R667
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STEEL CARRYING BASE; MAINLY ALUMINUM PUMP AND MOTOR PARTS; STEEL GAS TANK; SYNTHETIC CAPS AND STARTING CABLE HANDLE AND OTHER MISC. PARTS;

Dimensions

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

Length: 47.0 cm
Width: 28.0 cm
Height: 35.0 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: Wajax
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Montréal

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY USED IN THE 1960S UP TO THE 1980S
Canada: DEVELOPED AND MANUFACTURED IN CANADA/ CANADA HAS BEEN A WORLD LEADER IN THE DEVELOPMENT & TESTING OF FIRE-FIGHTINGEQUIPMENT & 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 3]
Function: USED TO PUMP SURFACE WATER TO FIGHT FOREST FIRES IN REMOTE LOCATIONS
Technical: THIS WAS THE SUCCESSOR TO THE MARK 25 WHICH WAS DEVELOPED IN 1960. THE MOTOR IS SMALLER AND THE 4 STAGE PUMP WAS DOWNSIZED TO A 2 STAGE PUMP. MATERIALS & COMPONENT PARTS ARE IDENTICAL TO THOSE USED WITH THE MARK 1 AND ARE INTERCHANGEABLE EXCEPT THE PUMP SHAFT AND PUMP BODY.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: DECALS ON FRONT CASING: 'WAJAX/ MARK 26' 'IMPORTANT/ SHOULD ENGINE STOP, FIND CAUSE BEFORE RESTARTING/ [REPEATED IN FRENCH]/ PUSH/ RESET/ POUSSER'/ DECALS ON SIDE: 'CHOKE/ OPEN CLOSED''OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS/.../ STOP/ START/ W/ RUN'/ PLATE ON MOTOR: 'WAJAX/ MARK 26 PUMP/ PAT. CAN 1958/ SER. NO./ R667/ ISSUE/ 6'/ SCRATCHED ON CONNECTION: 'MNR'/ ENGINE MFG PLATE: 'MANUFACTURED FOR WAJAX/ BY ROTARY-WERK A.G./ ENGINE SER. NO. 2536400/ BORE 50.5MM, STROKE 47MM, CAPAC. 95CCM.'
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 06/29/1999 by Tony Missio: No - appears complete
Finish: PARTS OF PUMP, MOTOR AND FRAME PAINTED GLOSS ORANGE/ SYNTHETIC PARTS BLACK/ GAS TANK AND PARTS OF SUPPORT PAINTED GLOSS SILVER/ YELLOW DECALS WITH BLACK PRINTING
Decoration: N/A

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Wajax Equipment Ltd., Pump, water, circa 1967, Artifact no. 1996.0424, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0424.001/

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