Hopper
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Manual
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2010.0294.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Wayland Machinery Co. Inc.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Covesville, Virginia, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 29
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Wooden frame; metal wire mesh and fasteners; canvas sheeting.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 121.0 cm
- Width
- 100.0 cm
- Height
- 96.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Crop processing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Wayland
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Virginia
- City
- Covesville
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- 1930's +
- Canada
-
Used at a Canadian orchard co-op packing-house on Covey Hill in Quebec's Eastern townships. - Function
-
Table on which produce was placed as it entered a packing line. This particular hopper was used in conjunction with multiple other mechanized components to help with the sorting, sizing and packing of orchard fruits. - Technical
-
Canvas-lined hopper suitable for a small-scale packing facility. The canvas sheeting was integral in reducing the amount of bruising that occurred when the apples were being dumped onto the hopper. ‘Dumping’ is the process where boxes of fruit are emptied onto a hopper and spread onto a roller conveyor. Once on the conveyor, labourers were tasked with sorting/grading the fruit and guiding them to their respectful accumulation points. To be effective, produce had to enter the packing line at a steady pace. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None.
- Missing
- Nothing apparent.
- Finish
- Dark stained wood. Natural canvas.
- Decoration
- None.
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Wayland Machinery Co. Inc., Hopper, circa 1930, Artifact no. 2010.0294, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2010.0294.002/
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