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Busselton Historical Society > Records

Cream Can Sterilizer

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c. 1930

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Overview

The Cream Can Sterilizer is a large galvanised iron tank which has a roller conveyor entering a closing door which was used to move the cream cans in and out. It has pipes to channel the steam that was generated by the boiler and used to power the mechanical parts of the machine and a large metal funnel that enters the top of the tank that conveyed the steam that was used to sterilize the cans.

Historical information

Unfortunately we do not know whether this Cream Can Sterilizerwas actually used in this Butter Factory but we do know it was used in a Butter Factory here in the south west

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cwa-org-124-2021.173

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Material

Galvanised Metal

Contextual Information

The Cream Can Steriliser was used to sterilise the empty cream cans at the Butter Factory before they were returned to the farmer.

The cans were delivered to the steriliser by a roller conveyer, part of which is displayed. They were then circulated in the steriliser, which operated using the steam produced by the factory boiler.

Once sterilized the cans were then loaded onto the truck for return to the farmers along with the slip of paper that details the weight and test results of the cream that had been delivered. The farmers were identified by a brass label on the can, . Many original cream can labels from the Busselton area are on display in the Dairy Room in the Museum.

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Sibling records

Cream Can Sterilizer

Commercial Butter Churn

Butter Worker Machine

Parent records

ROOM 1.20 Back Verandah / Loading Dock

Busselton Historical Society

Busselton Historical Society

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Front of the Cream Can Sterilizer

Front of the Cream Can Sterilizer showing how the Cream Cans entered the chamber on the conveyor.

Back of the Cream Can Sterilizer

Back of the Cream Can Sterilizer

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