Marker, survey
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- OBJECT TYPE
- POST/IRON/EARLY STANDARD
- DATE
- 1915
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1973.0692.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- IRON PIPE & FOOT-PLATE; BRONZE CAP. FILLED WITH CONCRETE/ COPPER STRAPS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 91.5 cm
- Width
- 15.2 cm
- Height
- 11.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Exploration and Survey
- Category
- Landmarks
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- AFTER 1915
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF EARLY DELIBERATE ATTEMPT BY GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT & PRESERVE SURVEY MARKERS IN THE FIELD. THE DESIGN, WEIGHT & WARNING INSCRIBED ON THESE POSTS WERE INTENDED TO DISCOURAGE THE THEFT & VANDALISM OF SURVEYMARKERS. (REF.1, P.12). THE PROBLEMS CONTINUED & WERE LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR FURTHER CHANGES IN DESIGN. - Function
-
TO IDENTIFY THE PRECISE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF A SPECIFIC SITE, AS DETERMINED BY A SURVEYOR. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF EARLY STANDARD SURVEY POST INTRODUCED IN 1916. 30,000 OF THESE POSTS WERE PRODUCED, CONSISTING OF A 30-INCH LENGTH OF STANDARD 1-INCH PIPE WITH AN IRON FOOT-PLATE ON BOTTOM & A BRONZE CAP ON TOP. THE POSTS WERE COATED WITH MEXICAN ASPHALTUM & FILLED WITH CONCRETE PRIOR TO ISSUE. DIFFICULT TO REMOVE, THEY WERE ALSO LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO DAMAGE & DECAY THAN THE EARLIER WOOD MARKERS (REF.1, P.12). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- `7 YEARS IMPRISONMENT-PENALTY FOR REMOVAL/ [CROWN SYMBOL] / 191 ' INCISED ON BRONZE CAP.
- Missing
- NONE From CA of 02/08/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Marker, survey, circa 1915, Artifact no. 1973.0692, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1973.0692.001/
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