#6 “Vortox Oil Bath Air Cleaner”-Vortox Collections
May 2024 #6 “Vortox Oil Bath Air Cleaner”-Vortox Collections By Cooper Crane Artifact Description: Vortox Company Oil Bath Air Cleaner and Vortex Chamber Body. Stainless steel design with saddle bracket attachment, used to clean dust and debris from intake air for industrial equipment. We discussed last week in our previous post, the role of the citrus industry in Claremont’s development, and how citrus orchards transformed the local environment and economy. We discussed the social effects of the citrus industry and the labor force, namely Mexican Americans who kept Orchard Heaters fueled to protect citrus from the cold weather. Today we will be talking about one of the few manufacturing companies that existed in Claremont, one that is central to the history of Claremont itself, and to Claremont Heritage. Herman Garner, patriarch of the Garner family designed the Vortox air cleaner that became the basis for the Claremont based, Vortox corporation. In 1918, Herman Garne...