Detector, smoke

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0298.001

MANUFACTURER: FENWAL INC.
MODEL: CDP 1212
LOCATION: Ashland, Massachusetts, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: R78-10-00
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC SENSOR CASING & PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 17.0 cm
Height: 7.7 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Fire Fighting
Category: Alarms
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: FENWAL
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Massachusetts
City: Ashland

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1980S-1990S
Canada: AMERICAN MADE FIRE ALARM EQUIPMENT USED TO PROTECT ONE OF COLLECTION STORAGE AREAS OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.
Function: DEVICE THAT SENSES SMOKE INSIDE BUILDING & SETS OFF ALARM WHEN SMOKE EXCEEDS PREDETERMINED DENSITY; USED AS WARNING SIGNAL IN HOMES, OFFICES, HOTEL ROOMS, ETC.
Technical: PART OF 1980S FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM OF LARGE BUILDING, CONSISTING OF SMOKE & HEAT SENSORS, PULL-STATIONS, ALARM BELLS, NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: EXTERIOR LABEL READS "UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES OF CANADA/ LISTED - FIRE ALARM DEVICE/ SMOKE ACTUATED/ ISSUE NO. 3387 C/ FENWAL INC.,ASHLAND, MASS. U.S.A.01721"/ INTERIOR LABEL READS "CAUTION/ RADIOACTIVE/ MATERIAL/ RADIUM 226/ Disposal by Return to Manufacturer/ or as Directed by the Atomic Energy/ Control Board Ottawa, Canada/ Mfg. by Fire Alert Co./ Div. of Walter Kidde Co. Inc./ Ashland, Massachusetts 01721 U.S.A."/ INTERIOR LABEL READS IN PART "Combustion Products Detector/ Model CPD 1212"/ INTERIOR LABELS READ "R-78-10-00" & "Date 7839"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: BUFF PAINTED CASING/ BUFF SYNTHETIC CASING PARTS/ METALLIC PARTS/ RED LIGHT/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC PARTS
Decoration: N/A

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FENWAL INC., Detector, smoke, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1998.0298, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0298.001/

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