Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

P19880002002-GA

Date

1943

Materials

STEEL, COPPER

No. Pieces

1

Length

39.1

Width

26.2

Description

SERIAL # 2798, RED BODY WITH BLACK TOP. EXIDE BULB TYPE BATTERY CHARGER WITH POWER CORD & TWO CABLE & ALLIGATOR TERMINAL CLAMPS. CHARGING CONTROL & AMP. GAUGE.

Subjects

ELECTRICAL & MAGNETIC T&E

Historical Association

INDUSTRY

History

EXIDE BATTERIES LTD. TORONTO. PURCHASED NEW AND USED CONTINUOUSLY SINCE 1943. REPLACED 1987. IN 2008, UNIVERSITY STUDENT AND GALT PROGRAM STAFF MEMBER DYLAN JOHNSON PARTICIPATED IN A UOFL APPLIED STUDIES PROGRAM, CONDUCTING RESEARCH WORK ON ST. MARY’S IRRIGATION DISTRICT (SMRID) OBJECTS DONATED TO THE GALT IN 2001. THE OBJECTS WERE ACQUIRED AS PART OF A GALT IRRIGATION EXHIBIT (STREAMS IN THE DESERT) IN 2000 AND WERE SEVERELY UNDER DOCUMENTED. JOHNSON CONSULTED WITH FORMER AND PRESENT ST. MARY’S IRRIGATION DISTRICT STAFF MEMBERS AS PART OF HIS RESEARCH. THE INFORMATION BELOW IS EXTRACTED FROM INTERVIEW(S) CONDUCTED BY JOHNSON. TO DETERMINE WHICH INTERVIEWS ARE RELEVANT TO THIS ARTIFACT, PLEASE REFER TO THE ARTIFACTS’ PERMANENT FILE (20010036001-11) AND THE RESEARCH PAPER’S REFERENCES. BATTERY CHARGER WAS IN USE IN THE EARLY 1970S. IT WAS USED FOR BOOSTING VEHICLE ENGINES WHICH, SERVICED CANALS AND/OR ANY SERVICE VEHICLES IN GENERAL. THE CHARGER WAS NOT BROUGHT INTO THE FIELD.

Catalogue Number

P19880002001

Acquisition Date

1988-01

Collection

Museum

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