General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL WIRING WITH LACQUERED RUBBER COVERING/ WOOD SPOOL WITH PAPER LABELS

Dimensions

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

Length

N/A

Width

15.2 cm

Height

14.5 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

Canada Wire

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1935 +

Canada

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, IN1931 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING.

Function

CABLE OF TYPE USED IN AUTOMOBILE ENGINE, FOR CONNECTING MAGNETOS & IGNITION COILS TO SPARK PLUGS (REF. 1).

Technical

EXAMPLE OF HIGH TENSION CABLE OF PERIOD, TYPICALLY SUPPLIED IN TWO SIZES, 7MM & 9MM, IN EITHER PLAIN RUBBER OR RUBBER WITH LACQUERED COVER FOR HIGH TENSION OPERATION. THIS EARLY HIGH TENSION CABLE WAS HEAVY & CUMBERSOME WITH LITTLE FLEXIBILITY; LATER CABLES WERE MORE PLIABLE WITH GREATER DIELECTRIC STRENGTH (REF. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING ON PARTIAL LABELS ON ENDS READS "CANADA WIRE & CABLE COMPANY/ CANADA/ AUTOMOTIVE..../ 100 FT./ No...../ TORONTO-CANADA"

Missing

PARTIAL REEL ONLY

Finish

BROWN WIRE COVERING/ UNFINISHED WOOD/ WHITE? & BLACK PAPER

Decoration

BLACK LINING ON LABELS