General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

12

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD FRAME - MAPLE, BIRCH, PINE/ METAL DRUM, MECHANICAL PARTS (INCLUDING CAST IRON GEARS)/ FABRIC WRAPPED HOOPS

Dimensions

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

Length

331.0 cm

Width

86.0 cm

Height

135.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Industrial Technology

Category

Industrial equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

GREEY

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1900 to 1970s

Canada

This dresser was made by Toronto-based Canadian manufacturer Greey and represented the latest in flour-milling technology of its time.

Function

Dressers were type of flour bolting or sifting machine used to separate different grades of flour produced during the gradual-reduction process of milling. Dressers used revolving drums covered with silk bolting cloth that separated fine flour from coarser grades.

Technical

The dresser was one of several types of flour bolting (sifting) machines developed as part of gradual-reduction process of flour milling, which originated in Europe in the 1860s. This process was slower than millstone milling, but produced higher quality flour.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1-.2 BLACK STENCILED LETTERING ON EACH SIDE READS 'IMPROVED DRESSER/ Manufactured by Wm. & J.G. GREEY Toronto, Ont.'

Missing

SILK BOLTING CLOTH/ .3 AUGER From CA of 07/02/1997 by Sue Warren: Undetermined

Finish

LIGHT BROWN WOOD, POSSIBLY ONCE STAINED & VARNISHED/ SOME METAL PARTS PAINTED RED, OTHERS CORRODED/ WHITE FABRIC

Decoration

N/A