Lifter, battery
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SINGLE BATTERY/RIGID
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0690.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL FRAME WITH HARDWOOD HANDLE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 19.5 cm
- Width
- 14.8 cm
- Height
- 3.8 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
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FROM COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE PTS & SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H. OLIVER, FATHER OF DONOR, DURING CAREER IN AUTOMOTIVE SERVICING. AFTER WORKING AT WILLYS-OVERLAND & FAIRBANKS-MORSE IN TORONTO, & IN AUTO GARAGE IN AURORA, IN 1931 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OFWHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING. - Function
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HANDLE-LIKE DEVICE USED IN AUTOMOBILE BATTERY MAKER'S SHOP. IT GRIPPED BATTERY FOR LIFTING & CARRYING SO AS TO PROTECT WORKER FROM SULPHURIC ACID WHICH OFTEN COATED BATTERY EXTERIOR. LIFTER WORKED BY CLAMPING ON CELL CONNECTOR LINKS. - Technical
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IN 1920S BATTERIES WERE NOT SHIPPED FILLED WITH ACID BUT WERE BUILT BY SMALL SHOPS AS NEEDED FOR LOCAL TRADE USING STANDARD PARTS. CARRYING ACID FILLED BATTERIES WAS DIFFICULT TASK- THIS SIMPLE MECHANISM CAUSED LIFTER TO GRIP MORE TIGHTLY AS PULL WAS INCREASED, AS LONG AS LEAD CONNECTING STRIPS WHICH LIFTER GRASPED DID NOT BREAK (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- REMNANTS OF GLOSSY BLACK PAINT ON HANDLE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lifter, battery, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1997.0690, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0690.001/
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