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Metadata
Object ID # |
2011.026.001 |
Object Name |
Motor, Electric |
Title |
Canadian Motor (Patented 1913) |
Lexicon category |
5: T&E For Science & Technology |
Date |
1913 patent |
Year Range from |
1916 |
Made |
Canadian Blower & Forge Co. Ltd. |
Place of Origin |
Kitchener, Ontario |
Description |
Electric motor. It is made of metal, and it is emboss-cast on two sides with "NO 2E / CANADIAN BLOWER & FORGE CO / KITCHENER ONT." The fan blades of the blower are visible in the central hole. There are two remnants of brown cloth-covered wiring. There is a rectangular, metal maker's label screwed on, which reads: "CANADIAN MOTOR / PATENTED FEB. 18, 1913". The device has four bolt holes intended to secure it to a surface. "WILL OPERATE ON EITHER DIRECT OR ALTERNATIVE CURRENT, / 25-40-60 CYCLES. / VOLTAGE SAME AS RHEOSTAT WHICH MUST ALWAYS BE USED WITH MOTOR / NO. 90564 / TYPE 2E" "DIRECTIONS FOR OILING/ KEEP OIL WELL FILLED WITH A MEDIUM WEIGHT MINERAL MACHINE OIL. DON'T USE LARD OIL, LINSEED OIL, VASELINE, OR ANY GUMMY OILS, OR GREASE." "CANADIAN BLOWER & FORGE CO. LTD." |
Makers mark |
Emboss-cast on two sides with "NO 2E / CANADIAN BLOWER & FORGE CO / KITCHENER ONT." There is a rectangular metal maker's label screwed on. "CANADIAN MOTOR / PATENTED FEB. 18, 1913." |
Provenance |
Manufactured by the Canadian Blower and Forge Company Limited, in Kitchener, Ontario. Patented in 1913. Belonged to Joe Stauble, who owned a blacksmith shop in Ceylon, Grey County. In its early days, the hamlet was known as "Walterville" or "Virginia", and when the railway was built, it became "Flesherton Station". It was renamed "Ceylon" in 1899. The following is from "Split Rail County: A History of Artemesia Township" (1986), p. 33: "As settlers arrived, a great need arose for someone to make their implements and shoe their horses. Blacksmith shops were a necessity [...] When Joe Stauble came, he worked in this shop for three years, then built his own on property he bought from John Gibson at the top of the hill. Joe turned his shop into a garage with a B.A. gas service. Tinsmith work was also done in the blacksmith shops." Page 62 mentions that "Joseph Stauble came to Canada from Switzerland in 1928, and lived out west and in Toronto before settling in Ceylon in 1933. He worked as a blacksmith in a rented shop owned by Thomas Gilchrist. In 1937, he purchased Lot 23 and Lot 24 from Miss Agnes Macphail and built his garage, operating an auto mechanic and repair shop until his retirement to Durham in 1977. He built his house in the spring of 1946. He married Violet Stonehouse, and had two sons and one daughter, James, Frank, and Rosalie." The book has a small image of Joe Stauble outdoors by his gas pumps, in the 1950s. This item was last owned by Frank Stauble, of Hepworth, Bruce County. |
Collection |
Blacksmith/Farrier Tools & Equipment Collection |
Material |
Metal/Cloth-covered wiring |
Dimensions |
H-34 W-33 L-26.5 cm |
Found |
Hepworth, Bruce County |
People |
Stauble, Joe |
Subjects |
Blacksmiths Blacksmithing |
Search Terms |
Canadian Blower & Forge Co. Ltd. Ceylon (Grey County) |