Hanger, hose

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OBJECT TYPE: HOOK/FULL LENGTH
DATE: 1923
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2000.0054.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: HOME BUILT
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: IRON

Dimensions

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

Length: 31.0 cm
Width: 12.0 cm
Height: 7.2 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Fire Fighting
Category: Accessory equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS HANGER USED C. 1923+. THIS TYPE USED C. EARLY 1900S +
Canada: FABRICATED FOR, AND USED IN, HOSE TOWER OF FIRE STATION #11, 424 PARKDALE AVE., OTTAWA.
Function: USED TO SUSPEND FIRE HOSES, IN ORDER TO DRY THEM. THIS TYPE USED TO SUSPEND FULL LENGTH OF HOSE.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF HOOK-STYLE HOSE HANGER. ORIGINALLY HOSES WERE HUNG TO DRY IN A HOSE TOWER HIGH ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE HANGING A FULL LENGTH HOSE (50 FEET). IN TIME, MANY OF THESE TOWERS BECAME STRUCTURALLY UNSTABLE, AND WERE REMOVED. HOSES COULD ALSO BE HUNG FOLDED IN HALF, THUS REDUCING THE TOTAL TOWER HEIGHT REQUIRED. (REF.2)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None evident, save "JC 240" written in pencil on crosspiece of hanger.
Missing: NONE.
Finish: NATURAL FINISH.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Hanger, hose, circa 1923, Artifact no. 2000.0054, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0054.001/

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