Murphy's Improved Patent Ventilator

Identifier

ABP-HBM-3.701

Title

Murphy's Improved Patent Ventilator

Date

possibly 1876

Description

Shallow cone shape, toped by a roghly rectangular tube, inside which is a trianguar flap which opens as air is drawn through it.
?Murphy's
On upper surface of ventilator embossed lettering within oval disk:"MURPHY'S/IMPROVED/PATENT/VENTILATOR"
good condition
Acquired Mar-85

Contributor

Obtained by Miles Lewis. Property of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria)

Source

roof space of 'Glenfern', 417 Inkerman Street, St. Kilda

Type

galvanised iron

Physical Dimensions

250 x 250 x 130 mm

Collection

Ironmongery

Citation

“Murphy's Improved Patent Ventilator,” Miles Lewis Heritage Building Materials Collection, accessed November 25, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/mlbh_collection/items/show/280.