Cable, automotive
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRICAL/CHARGING
- DATE
- 1936
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0714.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PACKARD ELECTRIC CO.
- MODEL
- 121
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL WIRE/ RUBBER COVERING/ STEEL REEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 16.5 cm
- Height
- 9.0 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
- PACKARD
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1936 +
- Canada
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YORK COUNTY - FROM STOCK HELD BY T.H. OLIVER SALES & SERVICE, AURORA 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 HEBEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING. - Function
-
CABLE OF TYPE USED IN AUTOMOBILE ENGINE, FOR WIRING FROM BATTERY TO GROUND, BATTERY TO STARTING SWITCH, & STARTING SWITCH TO STARTING MOTOR (REF. 1). - Technical
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SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLE OF SPECIALIZED WIRE & CABLE REQUIRED BY AUTO-ELECTRIC INDUSTRY, ON WHICH SUCCESSFUL & SUSTAINED TROUBLE FREE OPERATION OF ITS EQUIPMENT WAS DEPENDENT. THIS CABLE HAS ACID RESISTANT COVERING USING TECHNOLOGY OF PERIOD (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- WHITE LETTERING ON EITHER SIDE OF SPOOL READS "AUTOMOTIVE CABLES/ IF YOU SEE THIS ASCO IT'S SAFE TO BUY/ ASCO TORONTO/ 100 FEET/ STOCK NO. 121"
- Missing
- PARTIAL REEL ONLY
- Finish
- BLACK WIRE COVERING/ GLOSSY NAVY BLUE PAINTED SPOOL
- Decoration
- WHITE LINING ON SPOOL
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PACKARD ELECTRIC CO., Cable, automotive, circa 1936, Artifact no. 1997.0714, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0714.001/
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