Spike, commemorative
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- OBJECT TYPE
- REPLICA/LAST DRIVEN
- DATE
- 1955
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0011.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- CNR/TERRACE-KITIMAT LINE
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM SPIKE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.7 cm
- Width
- 4.5 cm
- Height
- 3.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Commemorative
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- Period
- COMMEMORATES THE 1955 COMPLETION DATE
- Canada
-
COMMEMORATES THE COMPLETION OF THE CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY'S LINE FROM TERRACE TO KITIMAT B.C. IN 1955. - Function
-
USED TO COMMEMORATE THE DRIVING OF THE LAST SPIKE FOR THE CNR'S TERRACE TO KITIMAT, B.C. LINE - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ENGRAVED ON SPIKE: 'LAST SPIKE OF THE TERRACE-KITIMAT LINE/ DRIVEN BY S.F. DINGLE/ VICE-PRESIDENT OF OPERATION, CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS/ AT KITIMAT, BRITISH COLUMBIA, JULY 8, 1955'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Spike, commemorative, circa 1955, Artifact no. 1968.0011, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0011.001/
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