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- OBJECT TYPE
- drain
- DATE
- 1966
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.1604.010
- MANUFACTURER
- Victoria Foundry Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 10
- Total Parts
- 117
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- metal (cast iron?)
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- 2.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 11.3 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Industrial equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Victoria
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Presumably made before 1966.
- Canada
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Victoria Foundry established in Ottawa c. 1850 by N.S. Blasdell. In 1873-4, the business was expanded, and new buildings and equipment added. The 1900 fire which razed large areas of Ottawa destroyed the Foundry's property, but it was quickly re-built and re-equipped at a site on LeBreton Flats, where it operated until 1965. c. 1967 it merged with the foundry business of Thomas Lawson & Sons (est. in Ottawa c. 1885) and McMullen Perkins, a machine shop operation (active in Ottawa since 1912). The new company, Lawson-McMullen-Victoria Ltd. moved it's operations to Ottawa east. LMV is thought to have been active until c. 1972-73. (Ref. 1) In 1965 the National Capital Commission (NCC) expropriated the land in LeBreton Flats on which the Victoria Foundry (and it's soon-to-be partner T. Lawson & Sons) operated. Demolition of the foundry buildings began March 1, 1966 and were completed May 5th. Mr. Don MacKenzie collected archival material, patterns, and other items from the site during demolition, and made them available to CSTM. - Function
-
3-dimensional example of complete item or standardized product, regularly produced. Specifically, this is a cover for a drain, produced by the Victoria Foundry. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "VICTORIA FDY CO LTD/ [illegible]/ OTTAWA" cast in raised print on one side.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Natural metal (cast iron ?)
- Decoration
- N/A
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Victoria Foundry Co. Ltd., Cover, before 1966, Artifact no. 1969.1604, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1969.1604.010/
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