General Information

Serial #

16232

Part Number

1

Total Parts

8

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ALL METAL SAVE INSULATED COVERING ON ELECTRICAL CORDS JOINING CONTROL BOX TO ARMS.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

780.0 cm

Width

126.0 cm

Height

55.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Railway Transportation

Category

Operations

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

GENERAL RAILWAY

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Rochester

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

THIS TYPE OF RAILWAY SIGNAL OR SEMAPHORE USED ON CANADIAN RAILWAYS. (REF. 1)

Function

TO GIVE VISUAL INDICATIONS TO THE LOCOMOTIVE DRIVER AS TO THE SECURE ACCESS OF A PARTICULAR SEGMENT OF THE RAILWAY LINE.

Technical

WITH TIME, AS TRAFFIC ON RAILWAY LINES INCREASED, IT BECAME NECESSARY T DIVIDE THE TRACKS INTO BLOCKS: INSTEAD OF TIME, TRAIN SEPARATION WAS REGULATED BY SPACE INTERVAL. DURING THE DAY, THE POSITION OF THE BLADE IS USED TO CONVEY INFO.; AT NIGHT, COLOURED LIGHTS ARE USED. (REF. 1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Following text cast on control box: "GENERAL RAILWAY SIGNAL CO./ ROCHESTER, N.Y./ U.S.A./ SERIAL NO. 16232/ PAT. JUNE 28-1910/ PAT. MARCH 5-1912/ PAT. MARCH 25-1913/ PAT. SEPT. 20-1913/ PAT. FEB. 9-1915/ G0803XD". Locking device on box marked "RA CO". Various components bear model or casting numbers.

Missing

NEITHER SIGNAL IS COMPLETE: SPECIFIC MISSING PARTS ARE UNKNOWN.

Finish

PAINTED SILVER (ALL AREAS NOW BADLY RUSTED).

Decoration

N/A