Car, mail
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- OBJECT TYPE
- RPO
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1971.0388.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Car & Foundry
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL SHEATHED
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 19.6 m
- Width
- 3.2 m
- Height
- 3.9 m
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Rolling stock
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Canadian Car
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
SEE LITERATURE ON HISTORY OF RPO'S. - Function
-
CARRIAGE OF MAIL - Technical
-
GOOD EXAMPLE OF RPO CAR, NOW VERY RARE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK LETTERING ON SIDES READING 'UNITED STATES MAIL/ RAILWAY POST OFFICE/ 9694'/ RED 'CN' ON EACH SIDE/ CAST LETTERING ON PRESSURE TANK UNDER CAR 'LT. WT. 134600'.
- Missing
- SOME INNER VANDALISM From CA of 04/02/2001 by Dave Elliott: Yes - No. A number of accessories have been previously removed to storage but there are still some components missing (one sorting table, various drawers, mail catchers.
- Finish
- PAINTED WHITE FROM BOTTOM TO WINDOW LOWER EDGE AND FROM WINDOW UPPER EDGE TO TOP/ BLACK BAND DOWN CENTER AT SIDES AT WINDOW LEVEL.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian Car & Foundry, Car, mail, 1920, Artifact no. 1971.0388, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1971.0388.001/
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