Fire Extinguisher

Object/Artifact

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Heritage Park Museum

Name/Title

Fire Extinguisher

Entry/Object ID

988.07.04

Tags

AA Trust Agreement

Description

pyrene fire extinguisher from the airport heavy, egg shaped with hook and gage at top -Pyrene extinguishers are outlawed now, because of dangerous vapours coming from it etc.

Use

one of the many who used to be hanging in the Terrace Airport Hangar they were installed by the army in the early 1940s for fire protection -the sprinkler on the bottom would go off if temperature of 165 degrees was reached

Acquisition

Accession

988.07

Source or Donor

Cornelis (C.) Braam

Acquisition Method

Gift

Dimensions

Diameter

21 cm

Created By

Heather Titterton

Create Date

August 19, 2008

Updated By

Anna Glass

Update Date

November 17, 2020