Wrench

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OBJECT TYPE: Open ended/ 1/8" - 3/16"
DATE: 1942
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.1070.008

MANUFACTURER: Armstrong
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 8
Total Parts: 10
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Chrome vanadium steel - an alloy typically composed of chromium, vanadium, manganese, carbon, silicon & trace elements of other metals.

Dimensions

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

Length: 9.8 cm
Width: 2.3 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Tools-Hand
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Armstrong
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: United States of America
State/Province: Michigan
Period: WWII (1939-1945); Packard built Merlin airplane engines between 1942 & 1945.
Canada: Unknown
Function: Used to build and/or repair Rolls Royce Merlin Airplane engines.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Stamped lettering on one head reads: "56 A/F 9/16"; lettering stamped on other head (same side) reads: "3/16 WHIT."; lettering stamped on other side of same head reads: "ARMSTRONG/MADE IN U.S.A."; stamped lettering on one side of handle reads: "AT8049"; stamped lettering on opposite side of handle reads: "CHROME-VANADIUM".
Missing: N/A
Finish: Grey.
Decoration: None.

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Armstrong, Wrench, circa 1942, Artifact no. 1997.1070, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.1070.008/

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