Cable, automotive
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRICAL BATTERY
- DATE
- 1932
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0717.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PACKARD ELECTRIC CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- COPPER WIRING/ PAPER WRAP/ RUBBER INSULATION/ CLOTH? COVERING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 100.0 cm
- Width
- 5.2 cm
- Height
- 2.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Servicing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- PACKARD
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1932 +
- Canada
-
FROM COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE PTS & SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H. OLIVER, FATHER OF DONOR, DURING CAREER IN AUTOMOTIVE SERVICING. AFTER WORKING AT WILLYS-OVERLAND & FAIRBANKS-MORSE IN TORONTO, & INAUTO GARAGE IN AURORA, IN 1931 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING. - Function
-
CABLE OF TYPE USED IN AUTOMOBILE ENGINE, FOR CONNECTING BATTERY TO GROUND, BATTERY TO STARTING SWITCH & STARTING SWITCH TO STARTING MOTOR (REF. 1). - Technical
-
EARLY VERY HEAVY BATTERY CABLE WITH BRAIDED COVERING, ASSEMBLED IN SHOP FROM PACKARD CABLE & PARTS. REMARKABLY HEAVY CONSTRUCTION OF PERIOD SUGGESTS CONSIDERABLE OVER-DESIGN WAS EMPLOYED, BASED ON STANDARDS ADOPTED DECADE OR MORE LATER (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ILLEGIBLE STAMPED NUMBERS ON COPPER ENDS
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- BLACK CABLE/ COPPER & GOLD COLOURED PARTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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PACKARD ELECTRIC CO., Cable, automotive, circa 1932, Artifact no. 1997.0717, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0717.001/
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