Spike, commemorative
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ORIGINAL/LAST REMOVED
- DATE
- 1954
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0013.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- EDMONTON, YUKON & PACIFIC RWY
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- IRON SPIKE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.1 cm
- Width
- 3.5 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
- Alberta
- Period
- 1954
- Canada
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SPIKE COMMEMORATES THE REMOVAL OF MOST OF THE LINE OF THE EDMONTON, YUKON & PACIFIC RAILWAY IN 1954 IN EDMONTON. THIS LINE WAS AN 8 MILE LONG TRACK FROM THE STRATHCONA DISTRICT OF EDMONTON'S SOUTH SIDE CONNECTING THE CPR LINE TO ABOUT 111 AVE TO CONNECT TO THE CANADIAN NORTHERN LINE, BUILT FROM 1902 TO 1908. - Function
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USED TO COMMEMORATE THE REMOVING OF THE LAST RAILS OF THE EDMONTON YUKON AND PACIFIC RAILWAY IN EDMONTON, ALBERTA IN 1954 BY LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, J.J. BOWLEN [REF 1] - Technical
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THE LINE WAS BUILT TO CONNECT EDMONTON WITH THE REST OF THE COUNTRY VIA THE CANADIAN PACIFIC LINE IN STRATHCONA. [REF1] - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- no markings
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNFINISHED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Spike, commemorative, before 1954, Artifact no. 1968.0013, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0013.001/
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