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- OBJECT TYPE
- Electric/Adjust temp
- DATE
- 1920–1929
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0364.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Superior Electric Co.
- MODEL
- Superior
- LOCATION
- Pembroke, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Cast iron and steel construction with wooden handle.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 21.8 cm
- Width
- 11.5 cm
- Height
- 12.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Services
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SECO
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Pembroke
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Transferred from the Government of Canada in 1968. Manufactured in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada. - Function
-
To press textiles. Temperature control provided greater efficiency when pressing different styles and weights of textiles. - Technical
-
Highlight advances in the efficiency and ease of ironing. Temperature control was an innovation in this domestic technology that dates to the late 1920s. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Printed label on inside of handle is illegible. Mfr. Plate on heel stand reads: ‘The Superior/ MADE ONLY BY/ SUPERIOR ELECTRICS LIMITED/ PEMBROKE, CANADA/ CSA APPROVAL NO. 136/VOLTS 32 WATTS 550/ IRON/ MADE IN CANADA/ CAT NO. 260’.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Bright metal body. Handle retains most of its lacquered finish.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Superior Electric Co., Iron, circa 1920–1929, Artifact no. 1968.0364, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1968.0364.001/
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