4.02-16: Universal Cooler 1958 Condensing Unit
| HHCC Accession No. 2003.054 | HHCC Classification Code: 4.02-16 |
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Description:
A typical, 1/4 HP, open-system refrigeration machine by Universal Cooler Brantford Ont., a recognised, prominent leader during the Canadian industry’s, historic, golden age of refrigeration equipment manufacturing, It admirably represents the increasingly ubiquitous, yet unobtrusive, and largely unsung, commercial refrigeration applications of the 1950’s and 60’s. Stuffed in cubby holes, dark basements, under counters and other wise unseen, it went about, non-the-less, contributing to a new world of Canadian health, safety and hygiene, while providing new taste delights in the food markets of the nation, Universal Cooler, 1958
Group:
4.02 Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Condensing Units - Commercial
Make:
Universal Cooler
Manufacturer:
Universal Cooler, Brantford Ont.
Model:
TA25MS1
Serial No.:
K64336
Size:
19x 15x 13’h
Weight:
100 lbs
Circa:
1958
Rating:
Education, and research quality demonstrating the form and structure of mid 20th century, open-system, fractional horsepower, commercial refrigeration machines designed for F12 refrigerant, by leading Canadian manufacturers, who changed Canadians expectations of what was at their food markets.
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Provenance:
From York County (York Region) Ontario, once a rich agricultural hinterlands, attracting early settlement in the last years of the 18th century. Located on the north slopes of the Oak Ridges Moraine, within 20 miles of Toronto, the County would also attract early ex-urban development, to be come a wealthy market place for the emerging household and consumer technologies of the early and mid 20th century.
This artifact was discovered in the 1950’s in the used stock of T. H. Oliver, Refrigeration and Electric Sales and Service, Aurora, Ontario, an early worker in the field of agricultural, industrial and consumer technology.
Type and Design:
pressed, formed steel base plate Universal type TA, 2 cylinder compressor 2 pass copper tube and fin air cooled condenser 1/4 HP Delco, capacitor start, rubber mounted motor, by McKinnon Industries St Catherines Ont.
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Donor:
G. Leslie Oliver, The T. H. Oliver HVACR Collection
