General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD & METAL STANDS/ WOOD BUILDINGS, LOGS, PARTS/ METAL VEHICLES, HAND & MACHINE TOOLS, WIRING, PARTS/ GLASS LAMPS/ SYNTHETIC ICE, BUILDING PARTS, WIRE COVERING, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC FOAM SNOW/ SYNTHETIC HUMAN FIGURES WITH VARIOUS TYPES OF FABRIC CLOTHING/ CERAMIC ANIMAL FIGURES/ STONE CHIPS/ PLEXIGLASS-TYPE SYNTHETIC COVER

Dimensions

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

Length

254.0 cm

Width

173.0 cm

Height

157.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Industrial Technology

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

DORE

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

DORE ICECUTTING COMPANY OPERATED FROM 1902 TO END OF WWII.

Canada

MAQUETTE WAS INTENDED BY ITS CREATOR TO DOCUMENT HISTORY & TECHNOLOGY OF ICE CUTTING INDUSTRY AS REPRESENTED BY HIS FAMILY'S BUSINESS, WHICH HE REPORTS AS LARGEST ICE COMPANY IN OTTAWA. COMPANY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1902 & WORKED AREA OF OTTAWA RIVER NEAR FOOT OF WOODROFFE AVE.; IT CEASED OPERATION AFTER WWII.

Function

3-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATION OF ICE CUTTING OPERATION DEPICTING CLEARING OF SNOW OFF ICE, MARKING OF ICE, CUTTING OF BLOCKS, REMOVAL & TRANSPORTATION TO ICE HOUSE, OFF-LOADING INTO ICE HOUSE FOR STORAGE. MOTORS MOUNTED UNDER FLOOR OF MAQUETTE ANIMATE SOME OF EQUIPMENT.

Technical

ACCURATE SCALE MINIATURE MAQUETTE WHICH DEMONSTRATES COMMERCIAL ICE CUTTING & STORAGE. THIS WAS COMMONPLACE BUT ESSENTIAL INDUSTRY IN URBAN CENTRES ACROSS CANADA FROM INTRODUCTION OF ICE BOXES UNTIL THEY WERE SUPPLANTED BY REFRIGERATORS. ACCORDING TO DONOR, THIS OCCURRED IN OTTAWA AREA AROUND END OF WWII.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

DECALS ON VEHICLES, BUILDINGS & OTHER ITEMS READ "ALBERT DORE & SONS/ ICE - WOOD - COAL"

Missing

UNKNOWN

Finish

MULTICOLOURED WOOD, METAL, SYNTHETIC, CERAMIC, FABRICS

Decoration

N/A