Coupling, hose

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OBJECT TYPE: THREADED/INSTANTANEOUS/PAIR
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1996.0462.001

MANUFACTURER: Wajax
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 5
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALUMINUM OR LIGHT ALLOY WITH SYNTHETIC GASKETS/.2 BRASS INNER RING & SYNTHETIC HOSE PIECE

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 7.7 cm
Height: 8.8 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: Wajax
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Montréal

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY FROM THE 1970S OR EARLIER UP TO THE PRESENT
Canada: TYPE SAMPLE OF COUPLINGS USED IN CANADA
Function: USED TO JOIN, OR COUPLE, TWO HOSES TOGETHER.
Technical: A MEANS OF JOINING FIRE HOSES TOGETHER SO THAT WATER COULD BE TRANSPORTED OVER GREATER DISTANCES HAD TO BE DEVELOPED.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 STAMPED TWICE: 'WAJAX/ ULC'/.2 MOLDED ON HOOKS 'W'/.3 NOMARKINGS/.4 MOLDED IN BODY: 'CANADA H'/ HANDWRITTEN ON BODY: '3500'/.5 MOLDED ON HOOKS: 'A'/ HANDWRITTEN ON BODY: '17#'
Missing: .2 ONE HOOK DAMAGED; .3 CRACKED
Finish: .1 DARK GREY;.2 AND.5 LACQUERED;.3 SILVER PAINT;.4 BRUSHED
Decoration: N/A

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Wajax, Coupling, hose, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1996.0462, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0462.001/

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