General Information

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Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

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Patents

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General Description

PROBABLY ALUMINUM

Dimensions

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

Length

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Width

5.2 cm

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Lexicon

Group

Railway Transportation

Category

Commemorative

Sub-Category

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Manufacturer

AKA

HOFFNUNG

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Montréal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1860

Canada

COMMEMORATES A SIGNIFICANT CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECT UNDERTAKEN BY THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY CO. IN THE 1850S TO BUILD A BRIDGE OVER THE ST. LAWRENCE, THE VICTORIA BRIDGE. DEC.12, 1859 FIRST TRAIN OPERATED OVER THE BRIDGE; DEC.17,1859 FIRST PASSENGER TRAIN.OPENED BY PRINCE OF WALES AUG. 25, 1860.

Function

USED TO COMMEMORATE THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE VICTORIA BRIDGE IN MONTREAL BUILT BY THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY CO.

Technical

THE VICTORIA BRIDGE WAS A SIGNIFICANT ENGINEERING FEAT FOR THE TIME. IT CONSISTED OF 25 SPANS OF 242 FT. EACH; ONE IN CENTRE OF 350 FT; TUBES OF IRON 22 FT. HIGH & 16 FT WIDE, AND WEIGHING 6,000 TONS SUPPORTED ON 24 PIERS CONTAINING 250,000 TONS OF STONE; EXTREME LENGTH 2 MILES.

Area Notes

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Details

Markings

MOLDED ON FRONT: 'THE VICTORIA BRIDGE MEDAL GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY OF CANADA/ THE VICTORIA BRIDGE, MONTREAL./ THE GREATEST WORK OF/ ENGINEERING SKILL/ IN THE WORLD./ PUBLICLY INAUGURATED/ AND OPENED IN/ 1860.'/ OBVERSE: 'THE VICTORIA BRIDGE/ CONSISTS OF 25 SPANS/ 242 FT EACH/ AND IN CENTRE 350 FT/ WITH A LONG ABUTMENT/ ON EACH BACK OF THE RIVER/ THE TUBES ARE IRON/ 25 FT HIGH. 16 FT WIDE/ AND WEIGH 6,000 TNS/ SUPPORTED ON 24 PIERS/ CONTAINING 250,000 TNS OF STONE/ MEASURING 5,000,000 CUBIC FEET/ EXTREME LENGTH 2 MILES/ COST $5,000,000/ A.HOFFNUNG MONTREAL/ QUEEN VICTORIA/ PRINCE ALBERT/ PRINCE OF WALES'

Missing

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Finish

LACQUERED

Decoration

MOLDED ON FRONT: CANADIAN COAT OF ARMS; TRAIN GOINGOVER THE VICTORIA BRIDGE; ON OBVERSE: CANADIAN COAT OF ARMS; HEAD PROFILE OF QUEEN VICTORIA, PRINCE ALBERT, AND THE PRINCE OF WALES.