General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

3

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL; SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length

40.0 cm

Width

20.5 cm

Height

35.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Fire Fighting

Category

Extinguishers

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

TERRY

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Montréal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY USED FROM THE LATE 1950S TO THE 1980S

Canada

DEVELOPED & MANUFACTURED BY A CANADIAN CO.

Function

USED TO PUMP SURFACE WATER TO FIGHT FOREST FIRES IN REMOTE LOCATIONS.

Technical

EXTREME LIGHTWEIGHT, HIGH VOLUME AND PRESSURE, LOWFUEL CONSUMPTION, BACK CONTOURED BASE AND GAS TANK [REF 2]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Decals on front: ‘TERRY/ MACHINERY/ COMPANY LTD'/ ‘IMPORTANT/ MIX THOROUGHLY 3/4 PINT TERRY'S S.A.E. 40/ OIL WITH EACH IMPERIAL GALLON OF GASO-/ LINE. FOR SPARK PLUG REPLACEMENT USE/ "CHAMPION" H.O. 8-A./ [FRENCH VERSION]/ MONCTON, QUEBEC CITY, OTTAWA, TORONTO, EDMONTON, VANCOUVER/ TERRY/ MACHINERY/ COMPANY LTD./ MONTREAL'/ Instruction sheet affixed to back: ‘DIRECTIONS FOR MOUNTING TANK ON BACK/ 1/ Grip attached strap/ with left hand-free/ strap with right. Lift/ with both straps./ 2/ Swing tank to/ back, passing/ free strap over/ head./ 3/ Bring free strap/ down to right side/ and slip hook over/ bottom lip of tank./ Directions for/ Attaching Straps/ 1. Attach strap hook and close/ with pliers with double part of/ straps at top./ 2. Attach free strap hook over/ bottom edge of tank. Hold straps/ up and adjust to equal length./ 3. After tank is on back, adjust/ to comfortable position by mov-/ ing slides on strap.'/ Stencilled on top: ‘DF'/ Dynotape on top: ‘MIXED GAS'

Missing

STRAPS

Finish

RED GLOSS PAINT

Decoration

N/A