Viewing Object

Object Description

Object Name

Transformer

Object ID

2007.010.001

Title

Electrical transformer in wooden box from Harmsworth Hall.

Date

1940.

Description

Electrical transformer in wooden box; looks handmade; sloping roof; light grey/white paint mostly gone top and back; back has door with 3 rusty hinges and hook clasp. 2 large eye screws with ceramic inserts and 2 large wires with electrical tape and ceramic covers on one side of structure; 2 smaller wire mounts opposite side; wood split front and back; inside is transistor contraption; metal components slightly rusty; some wires unattached; reads: "August 1940" painted on inside. Found in the attic of Harmsworth Hall in 1978, and may have been used to power a timer for whist or a similar game at the Hall in the 1940s and onwards.

People/Subject

Springbrook School (Harmsworth Hall)

Springbrook School is now known as Harmsworth Hall. The school opened in 1923 and was purchased by the Springbrook Social and Improvement Society in 1935. The Hall sat on two acres which were donated by the Titmus family for the Springbrook School.
Marv Woolley recalls his mother and uncle, Bert Williams, both attended the school. Uncle Bert recalled going to that school as far back as 1896. Lawrence Alsager and the Marv Woolley removed the top layer of the fir flooring during the 1978 renovations and discovered the original school floor. They saw the patterns of the wood stove, teacher's desk, student desks, etc.

Springbrook Social and Improvement Society

The society was established in 1935 and purchased the Harmsworth Hall from the school board. The Hall sat on two acres which were donated by the Titmus family for the Springbrook School.
Marv Woolley recalls his mother and uncle, Bert Williams, both attended the school. Uncle Bert recalled going to that school as far back as 1896. Lawrence Alsager and the Marv Woolley removed the top layer of the fir flooring during the 1978 renovations and discovered the original school floor. They saw the patterns of the wood stove, teacher's desk, student desks, etc.

Became known as the Harmsworth Community Association in the mid/late-1970s.

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