2003.70.112
Description
- Media Type / Médias
- Image
- Item Type / Type d'élément
- Images, Electronic
- Description / Description
- - round wooden base with 3 adjustable legs; 2 metal knobs attached to side of base; round glass cover sits on base, held in place with 3 metal clips; cylinder protruding from top centre of glass is metal at the base and the top with glass as the centre section, there is a horizontal screw at the top and a horizontal metal plate is clipped onto the bottom
- under the glass a curved black metal strip held in place with 2 metal clips has graduated markings in white from 0 to 10 in each direction; 2 black metal shuttles are mounted side by side in the centre, wound with white wire (?) and covered with green ribbon; a post between the shuttles holds in place a metal arrow which extends to the black scale and is bent over the edge
- used in science labs at CCI in early 1900s
- first school built at corner of Murray and Prince streets in 1855, known as Chatham Grammar School
- 1870s school was turned into a high school
- 1887 school obtained collegiate status
- September 1940 the building on site today was opened
- spring of 2002 school was slated to be closed a campaign to keep it open lasted one year and school finally closed in spring of 2003
- Date unknown
- 21.5cm H / 23.5cm L
Chatham Kent Museum
Out in the Open exhibition
VS 079 - Subject(s) / Sujet(s)
- Collection
- Chatham Kent Museum
- Copyright Statement / Déclaration de droit d'auteur
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Location of Original / Emplacement de l'original
- Chatham Kent Museum
Out in the Open exhibition
VS 079 - Terms of Use / Conditions d'utilisation
- Copies are provided for research and private study only. Permission to use images in any other way including, but not limited to, publication, exhibition, film, video or TV broadcast, or on any CD or website, must be obtained in writing from an authorized representative of the Chatham-Kent Museum prior to use. This applies to low-resolution copies downloaded from this site at no cost and to high resolution copies.
- Contact / Contacter
- Chatham-Kent MuseumEmail:ckcccmuseum@chatham-kent.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:75 William Street North
Chatham, ON N7M 4L4
519-360-1998
