Tag, baggage
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BRASS/RAIL
- DATE
- 1884–1888
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0041.001
- MANUFACTURER
- DORRIEN PLATING & MFG. CO.
- MODEL
- BROCKVILLE, WESTPORT & SAULT STE. MARIE RAILWAY CO.
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
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
- 5.2 cm
- Width
- 3.8 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Services
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- DORRIEN
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- WOULD HAVE BEEN USED SOMETIME BETWEEN 1884 WHEN CO. INCORPORATED, AND ITS FORECLOSURE IN 1903. [REF 1]
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF A TAG FROM A SMALL CANADIAN RAIL CO. FROM ONTARIO, THE BROCKVILLE, WESTPORT & SAULT STE. MARIE RAILWAY CO. THE LINE NEVER EXTENDED FURTHER THAN FROM BROCKVILLE TO WESTPORT ALTHOUGH FOUNDERS HAD AMBITIONS TO GO ALL THE WAY TO SAULT STE. MARIE [REF 1] - Function
-
USED TO KEEP TRACK OF BAGGAGE OR MAIL BEING SHIPPED BY RAIL - Technical
-
TAGS WERE USED SO THAT THE NUMBER OF THE TAG AFFIXED TO THE BAGGAGE OR MAIL BAGS COULD BE CROSS-REFERENCED TO THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER IN THE RAILWAY'S ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND THE ITEM BEING SHIPPED COULD BE TRACKED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON FRONT OF TAG:'B.W.&S.STEM./ RY./ 210'/ STAMPED ON OBVERSE: 'DORRIEN PLATING AND MANUFACTURING CO./ TORONTO'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- PAINTED GOLD
- Decoration
- N/A
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DORRIEN PLATING & MFG. CO., Tag, baggage, circa 1884–1888, Artifact no. 1968.0041, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0041.001/
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