Hot Water Cylinder
Maker and role
S Goldsworthy, Manufacturer
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Object detail
Accession number
2020.17
Maker
Production period
Description
S. Goldsworthy Hot Water Cylinder.
Aluminium hot water cylinder with a valve at both ends for attachments. The element is housed in the circular projection at the lower front of the cylinder. The top of the cylinder is attached with several screws. Printed on the front of the cylinder is the text, "S / 30 / PRESSURE WATER HEATER / S. GOLDSWORTHY / MILFORD / MAX. WORKING HEAD 25FT / DATE / 720 H35".
The cylinder is believed to be insulated with copper and teased up rags sourced from Takle Brothers, Ponsonby.
Aluminium hot water cylinder with a valve at both ends for attachments. The element is housed in the circular projection at the lower front of the cylinder. The top of the cylinder is attached with several screws. Printed on the front of the cylinder is the text, "S / 30 / PRESSURE WATER HEATER / S. GOLDSWORTHY / MILFORD / MAX. WORKING HEAD 25FT / DATE / 720 H35".
The cylinder is believed to be insulated with copper and teased up rags sourced from Takle Brothers, Ponsonby.
Brief History
This hot water cylinder, made on Auckland's North Shore and installed in a newly built Forrest Hill house in 1958, speaks to the local manufacture of a key piece of domestic technology and to the domestic consumption of electricity. Prior to the 1930s, and even up to the 1950s, much domestic hot water was produced by burning solid fuel. By the 1950s, 88% of New Zealand homes had an electric hot water system, such as this cylinder. Heating water accounts for about 30% of energy use within the home.
The first electric hot water heater in New Zealand was developed in Tauranga around 1915; internationally they appear to have first been developed in America in the late 1890s.
The first electric hot water heater in New Zealand was developed in Tauranga around 1915; internationally they appear to have first been developed in America in the late 1890s.
Marks
S / 30 / PRESSURE WATER HEATER / S. GOLDSWORTHY / MILFORD / MAX. WORKING HEAD 25FT / DATE / 720 H35 Printed
Media/Materials
Credit Line
S Goldsworthy. Hot Water Cylinder, 2020.17. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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