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OBJECT TYPE: FIRE BELL/BEAVER
DATE: 2003
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2003.0197.001

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: NON-FERROUS METAL

Dimensions

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

Length: 8.2 cm
Width: 7.5 cm
Height: 10.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: NEVER USED
Canada: TYPE OF ORNAMENT ATTACHED TO FIRE BELL OF FIRE TRUCKS ORDERED BY CANADIAN PURCHASER FROM AMERICAN LAFRANCE CORP OR ITS CANADIAN BRANCH PLANT IN TORONTO FROM 1915 TO 1971. RECENTLY THIS TRADITION WAS REVIVED & THIS CASTING IS EXAMPLE. FOR U.S. CLIENTS, EAGLE WAS USED.
Function: FIGURE IN FORM OF BEAVER ATTACHED TO TOP OF FIRE BELL OF FIRE TRUCK AS DECORATION.
Technical: BELL OF FIRE TRUCK USED TO BE IMPORTANT AS ALARM DEVICE BUT TODAY ARE NOSTALGIC ORNAMENTATION. FIRST MOTORIZED LAFRANCE VEHICLES IN CANADA WERE ORDERED BYVANCOUVER FIRE DEPARTMENT IN 1912.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NONE
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: PLATED
Decoration: FIGURE IN FORM OF BEAVER CROUCHING ON BALL

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Unknown Manufacturer, Ornament, circa 2003, Artifact no. 2003.0197, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0197.001/

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