Windmill head model

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1890
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2008.0027.001

MANUFACTURER: Whitman Bros.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Ridgetown, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal mechanism

Dimensions

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

Length: 30.0 cm
Width: 18.0 cm
Height: 27.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Power sources
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Whitman
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ridgetown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: Mr. Mott actively collected windmills after his retirement from Ontario Hydro in the mid 1970s. Before that he acquired windmills as he came across them in the course of his lineman duties in south central and southwestern Ontario. Windmill head sample is in excellent original condition. Sales/demonstration items command an exceedingly high price on the open market and this sample from a small Ontario firm is clearly much rarer than any from the large American firms. Mr. Mott mounted the sample on a wooden base on which he has written the name of the firm.
Function: Small scale model of the operating mechanism of a windmill head was used by the Whitman Brothers to market their windmills at fairs across southwestern Ontario.
Technical: Scaled down version of a windmill head.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Handwritten in ink on piece of crumpled up pop can reads: "Ottawa"
Missing: N/A
Finish: Semi polished metal/ Small crumpled piece of pop can, triangular shape attached to artifact with a piece of wire
Decoration: N/A

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Whitman Bros., Windmill head model, circa 1890, Artifact no. 2008.0027, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2008.0027.001/

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