General Information

Serial #

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Part Number

5

Total Parts

5

AKA

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Patents

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General Description

Wood and metal

Dimensions

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

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Weight

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Industrial Technology

Category

Industrial equipment

Sub-Category

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Manufacturer

AKA

GREEY

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1900 TO LATE 1970'S

Canada

MIDDLINGS PURIFIERS WERE FIRST INTRODUCED INTO ONTARIO CA 1863 TO 1875 AS PART OF INTRODUCTION OF GRADUAL REDUCTION PROCESS OF FLOUR MILLING. VELOCITY PURIFIER MADE BY CANADIAN FIRM OF GREEY IN TORONTO IN1880'S WAS POPULAR IN MILLSTONE & GRADUAL REDUCTION MILLS (1)

Function

A POWER OPERATED LARGE MACHINE THAT SEPARATED VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF WHEAT-BRAN, FLOUR, MIDDLINGS/ MIDDLINGS PURIFIERS WERE TYPE OF BOLTING MACHINE (SIFTER) USED TO CLEAN MIDDLINGS PRODUCED AFTER MILLING BY SIFTING OUT IMPURITIES SUCH AS BRAN, FIBROUS MATERIAL, GERM, & FLOUR DUST TO PRODUCE PURER,WHITER FLOUR (1)

Technical

PURIFICATION OF MIDDLINGS WAS ONE OF STEPS OF GRADUAL REDUCTION PROCESS OF FLOUR MILLING INTRODUCED INTO ONTARIO AFTER 1863, WHICH PRODUCED MORE HIGHER QUALITY FLOUR THAN THE OLDER FAST REDUCTION PROCESS. BY 1887 PURIFIERS WERE WELL ESTABLISHED (1)/ THIS WAS STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT FOR ITS TIME PERIOD.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Print reads "Manufactured by/ Wm. & J. Greey".

Missing

From CA of 07/23/1997 by Pat Montero: Undetermined

Finish

Unfinished wood with stenciled print. There are two metal handles.

Decoration

Decorative scroll atenciled around edges.