Press, lid
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Hand operated
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2010.0300.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Wood frame; iron clamps and fasteners.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 117.0 cm
- Width
- 50.0 cm
- Height
- 93.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Horticulture
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- Early to mid 1900’s
- Canada
-
Used at a Canadian orchard co-op’s packing-house on Covey Hill in Quebec's Eastern townships. - Function
-
Clamping device used to evenly press lids down on wooden crates, boxes, and baskets so that they could be nailed shut and prepped for shipment. - Technical
-
Practical device commonly used in packing facilities. Clamp applied even pressure on lid when yoke was pressed down. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Faded “INDELL WADDELL/ HEMMINGFORD, QUE.” stamp on side.
- Missing
- Nothing apparent.
- Finish
- Unfinished wood frame, and iron clamp.
- Decoration
- None.
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Unknown Manufacturer, Press, lid, circa 1900, Artifact no. 2010.0300, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2010.0300.001/
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