Cast iron Field Cooker

Made:
1954 in London

`Cooker No.4', cast iron field cooker, with all standard attachments, for emergency feeding purposes, by Ed Deane and Beale Ltd, London, 1954

Part of a collection of emergency feeding equipment associated with the strategic food stockpile, established by the Ministry of Food and maintained for mass feeding in the event of nuclear war, or other civil emergencies by the Ministry of Agriculture, 1945-1992

Details

Category:
Nutrition & Food Technology
Object Number:
1993-805/1
Materials:
cast iron
Measurements:
chimney top: 200 mm x 280 mm x 280 mm,
shelves (each): 30 mm x 370 mm x 340 mm,
rake: 410 mm x 310 mm x 70 mm,
cooker: 640 mm x 770 mm x 610 mm,
poker: 530 mm x 50 mm x 5 mm,
chimney: 810 mm x 145 mm x 145 mm,
chimney base: 205 mm x 190 mm x 190 mm,
door opener: 360 mm x 50 mm x 15 mm,
type:
cooker
credit:
Ministry of Agriculture. Emergencies and