Plate, commemorative
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BRASS
- DATE
- 1951
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0020.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAIL CAR
- 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
- BRASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 3.0 cm
- Width
- 17.7 cm
- Height
- 22.9 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
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1951
- Canada
-
COMMEMORATES RAIL CARS FOR A U.S. SUBSIDIARY OF THE GRAND TRUNK AND LATER THE CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS - THE GRAND TRUNK WESTERN, WHICH OPERATES IN THE NORTH EASTERN UNITED STATES - Function
-
USED TO COMMEMORATE ONE MILLION MILES OF OPERATION OF THE GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAIL CAR. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED ON PLAQUE: 'TO COMMEMORATE/ ONE MILLION MILES/ OF OPERATION/ OF THE GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAIL CAR/ THIS PLAQUE IS PRESENTED TO/ DONALD GORDON, C.M.G./ CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT OF THE/ CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY SYSTEM/ BY THE GENERAL CHAIRMEN OF/ TWELVE U.S. RAILROAD LABOR ORGANIZATIONS/ MAY 14, 1951'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Plate, commemorative, 1951, Artifact no. 1968.0020, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0020.001/
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