General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

13

Total Parts

29

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Wooden construction; metal fasteners; canvas aprons

Dimensions

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

Length

285.0 cm

Width

110.0 cm

Height

33.0 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 in a Canadian orchard co-op’s packing-house on Covey Hill in Quebec's Eastern townships.

Function

Bin where produce collects at the end of a packing line.

Technical

Depending on the size of the operation there would have been several to over ten packing stations at the end of a packing line. The units were designed so the co-op could order as many stations as were required to meet their needs. Posted at the packing stations, labourers, commonly referred to as ‘packers’, were tasked with individually wrapping each piece of fruit in tissue paper before packing it in a container. A packing table, such as 2010.0300, held the tissue papers and the container in which a packer placed the sorted fruit that had collected in his assigned packing bin.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

None.

Missing

Nothing apparent.

Finish

Dark stained wood; natural canvas aprons.

Decoration

None.