Cable, automotive

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OBJECT TYPE: ELECTRICAL
DATE: 1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0716.001

MANUFACTURER: Canada Wire & Cable Co.
MODEL: 660
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: COPPER WIRING/ NEOPRENE & RUBBER COVERING/ FERROUS METAL SPOOL

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: 14.1 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: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1945
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, IN 1931 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICHINVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING.
Function: CABLE OF TYPE USED IN AUTOMOBILE ENGINE, FOR CONNECTING MAGNETOS & IGNITION COILS TO SPARK PLUGS (REF. 1).
Technical: EXAMPLE OF ADVANCED CABLE OF 1940'S BASED ON POST-WAR NEOPRENE RUBBER TECHNOLOGY REPLACING EARLIER RUBBER COMPOUND & LACQUERED WIRES TO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER DIELECTRIC STRENGTHS & RESISTANCE TO OIL & GREASE (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: RED & WHITE LETTERING ON SPOOL ENDS READS "CANADA WIRE/ MADE IN CANADA OF CANADIAN COPPER/ CANADA WIRE & CABLE COMPANY PLANTS TORONTO - MONTREAL/ VANCOUVER - CALGARY - REGINA WINNIPEG - HAMILTON - OTTAWA"/ BLUE STAMPED LETTERING ON SPOOL READING "STOCK NO. 660/ "NEOPRENE"/ HIGH TENSION CABLE/ 7 MM. NEOPRENE SHEATH/ MFRD. AUG. 28, 1945?"/ INDENTED LETTERING ON SPOOL CORE READS "DESIGN PAT. 7920/ PAT. NO. 1712 78 - 17122??"
Missing: PARTIAL REEL ONLY
Finish: BROWN WIRE COVERING/ GLOSSY BLUE & RED PAINTED SPOOL
Decoration: BLUE PAINTED EDGING & RED STRIPING ON SPOOL

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Canada Wire & Cable Co., Cable, automotive, circa 1945, Artifact no. 1997.0716, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0716.001/

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