Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2005.012.005 |
Object Name |
Pattern, Casting |
Title |
Casting Pattern for 347-B |
Lexicon category |
4: T&E For Materials |
Date |
20th-century |
Artist |
Unidentified pattern-maker |
Made |
Black Clawson-Kennedy |
Place of Origin |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
Description |
Foundry casting pattern (wooden) for the 347-B part. It has wooden vanes (fin-like curved shapes) around a squat cylindrical area. There is a black-painted finish, with white lettering on the sides "#2 347-B 1-OFF" "1-SWEEP 1-ROLL OUT". "1-SWEEP 1-ROLL OUT" The squat cylindrical area has a socket (for a registry pin). |
Makers mark |
None |
Provenance |
The foundry casting pattern for a part was made and kept by Black Clawson-Kennedy, a company that was located at Owen Sound, Grey County until 1997, when it closed. It likely dates from a 1962 order. BCK was best-known for producing large ship propellers, but it also made various marine parts as well as industrial and mining and paper-making equipment. The foundry was located at 1141 1st Ave. West. It was formerly known as William Kennedy & Sons Ltd. The item subsequently belonged to Mr. Kerry Murch of Meaford, Grey County. |
Collection |
Metalworking Tools & Equipment Collection |
Material |
Wood/Paint |
Dimensions |
Dia-37 cm |
Found |
Meaford, Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
People |
Murch, Kerry |
Search Terms |
Black Clawson-Kennedy |
Function |
A wooden pattern intended for sand casting work to create metal versions of the part. It was hand-made in Owen Sound at the Black Clawson-Kennedy foundry's pattern shop. Skilled patternmakers at Kennedy’s made various wooden patterns. As they involved a lot of work to make them, they were often retained in case they might be needed again to replace parts for clients. A lot of the older patterns were lost in the 1950s fire, so this one likely post-dates then? |