Weather station given as retirement gift to K.P. O’Gorman

Artifact Number:

2024-008

Description

A weather station given to K.P. O’Gorman as a retirement gift for 25 years of service with AECL. The wooden unit, which stands 79 cm tall, incorporates a relative-humidity gauge, a clock, a barometric-pressure gauge and a thermometer. An engraved plaque at the top, which is headed by the Flying A, reads “A.E.C.L. 25 Years, K.P. O’Gorman, 1982”.

Details

Keywords:
retirement mementos
Date:
1982
Notes:

When donated, by the widow of Ken O’Gorman, it was claimed that Ken worked as a “Control Maintainer” at NRU from 1945 to 1982 – (age 18 to 55 years) – a period that covers 37 years. This is in conflict with the 25-year engraving on the plaque. It may have been that his service was discontinuous, and he may have left CRNL for a period.

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