Studebaker Patented Street Sprinkler
Datec. 1910
Credit LineTransferred from the collection of Fanshawe Pioneer Village, London, Ontario, 2006
Object number2006.037.002
Label TextThis George Heaman and Son Studebaker water wagon once laid the dust on London’s dirt roads. Roads were at their dustiest when levels of city-provided water were at their lowest: in the summer. The city’s water commissioners dictated that only river water be used for this purpose during dry spells. They implemented other water conservation measures, too. They installed metres and they banned garden watering.
George Heaman started his carriage and wagon company around 1875 near the corner of Lyle and Dundas streets in London East. By 1903, he occupied a two-storey building at 665 Dundas St. East where he employed eight to 10 skilled mechanics. The Studebaker was the company's specialty for which he held the Canadian production rights.
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