Pipe, gas

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OBJECT TYPE: FLEXIBLE/APPLIANCE
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0322.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: NON-FERROUS METAL PIPES WITH FERROUS METAL PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Lighting Technology
Category: Lighting accessories
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: EQUIPMENT USED BY GAS PRODUCER & DISTRIBUTOR CONSUMERS' GAS OF TORONTO, INCORPORATED IN 1848 TO SUPPLY LIGHTING TO CITY OF TORONTO. AFTER 1880, IN FACE OF INCREASING COMPETITION WITH & EVENTUAL REPLACEMENT BY ELECTRIC LIGHTING, CG BEGAN SUPPLYING GAS AS FUEL FOR DOMESTIC APPLIANCES & LATER FOR HEATING.
Function: CONDUIT USED TO LINK GAS SUPPLY & GAS FUELLED APPLIANCE TO PROVIDE SUPPLY OF GAS.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF LATE 20TH C. TUBING GAS TUBE FOR APPLIANCES. LIGHTING, USING COAL GAS, WAS FIRST USED IN CANADIAN CITIES TO LIGHT STREETS, FIRST IN MONTREAL IN 1837 & IN TORONTO IN 1848. BY 1880S, USE OF ELECTRICITY HAD SPREAD TO CANADA FROM U.S., EVENTUALLY REPLACING GAS LIGHTING.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: EACH HAS METALLIC LABEL READING "40 CGA FMC/ LISTED"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: GOLD COLOURED
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Pipe, gas, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1998.0322, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1998.0322.001/

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