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- OBJECT TYPE
- CONTINUOUS/60 CAN
- DATE
- 1915–1987
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0047.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Dickerson Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal/mounted on wood blocks/plastic parts
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 200.0 cm
- Width
- 200.0 cm
- Height
- 205.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- 883.14
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Industrial equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Dickerson
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
This was probably the last vent filler in Canada - this was the method used to fill and seal cans of evaporated milk - Function
-
Automatically filled cans with precise amount of evaporated milk via small vent hole (See Supp Inf) - Technical
-
Canned evaporated milk allowed people to have milk for their use anywhere - many babies were raised on evaporated milk - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- White decal with red number from 1-60 on each cylinder/black lettering on gauge dial reads "WESTON"
- Missing
- none evident on the main equipment.
- Finish
- Base painted metallic grey/metallic working parts/plated gauge casing
- Decoration
- N/A
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Dickerson Co., Filler, can, between 1915–1987, Artifact no. 1987.0047, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1987.0047.001/
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