Rack, battery plate

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OBJECT TYPE: PLATE BURNING
DATE: 1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0687.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALL METAL

Dimensions

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

Length: 45.8 cm
Width: 18.0 cm
Height: 29.2 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1930
Canada: FROM COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE PTS & SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H. OLIVER, FATHER OF DONOR, DURING CAREER IN AUTOMOTIVE SERVICING. AFTERWORKING AT WILLYS-OVERLAND & FAIRBANKS-MORSE IN TORONTO, & IN AUTO GARAGE IN AURORA, IN 1931 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING.
Function: RACK FOR HOLDING PLATES USED IN AUTOMOBILE BATTERY BUILDING OR RE-BUILDING. PLATE-BURNING PROCESS INVOLVED RACKING PLATES & SEPARATORS TO BE INCLUDED IN BATTERY CELL & BURNING THEM IN PROCESS INVOLVING HOT LEAD.
Technical: IN 1920S BATTERIES WERE NOT SHIPPED FILLED WITH ACID BUT WERE BUILT BY SMALL SHOPS AS NEEDED FOR LOCAL TRADE USING STANDARD PARTS FROM BATTERY MFRS. ETC. THIS RACK WAS USED IN PART OF PROCESS OF BATTERY CONSTRUCTION (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 INCISED LETTERING ON TOP BAR READS "SJN", "SJT", "4", "STRN"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: REMNANTS OF BLACK PAINT?
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Rack, battery plate, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1997.0687, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0687.001/

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