Hanger, hose

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OBJECT TYPE: ROLLING/HALF LENGTH HOSE
DATE: 1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2000.0055.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
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, CAST & FORGED.

Dimensions

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

Length: 38.0 cm
Width: 29.0 cm
Height: 7.0 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 TYPE OF HOSE HANGER PROBABLY USED C. 1900S-1940S+.
Canada: HOSE HANGER FABRICATED FOR, AND USED IN, HOSE TOWER OF STATION #2, BAY & LISGAR STREETS, OTTAWA, ONT.
Function: USED TO HANG A HOSE, FOLDED IN HALF, TO DRY.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF TRACK HUNG HOSE HANGER. ORIGINALLY FIRE HOSES WERE HUNG TO DRY IN A HOSE TOWER HIGH ENOUGH TO ACCOMODATE A FULL LENGTH HOSE (25 FEET). IN TIME, MANY OF THESE TOWERS BECAME UNSTABLE, AND WERE REMOVED. HOSES HUNG WHILE FOLDED IN HALF REQUIRED HOSE TOWERS OF REDUCED (25 FOOT) HEIGHT.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "630" cast in raised print on both sides of track wheels.
Missing: NONE.
Finish: NATURAL FINISH
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Hanger, hose, after 1900, Artifact no. 2000.0055, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0055.001/

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