The latest project i completed was an all steel equipment tanker desk that i purchased at an online auction back in february.
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The tanker desk was the largest selling commercial desk in the world and well suited for schools offices and governmental institutions up until the 1980s.
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In fact the material out of which these desks were constructed and the manufacturing process itself are too costly and impractical for today s furniture companies to afford on a mass production.
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But elegant in any setting.
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A variation of pedestal desk tanker desks are made of steel sheet medal making them extremely sturdy some may even say indestructible they were most popular from the 1940s to the 1970s but you can probably still see them in schools police stations and industrial settings.
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Tanker desks ubiquitous in american and canadian offices in the 1950s were favoured because of their sturdiness and high guage steel construction.
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Since 1946 the tanker desk has been manufactured the same way made of thick gauge steel that is practically immortal reliable and simple.
Here is the initial photo of the desk as taken by the online auction.
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