Marker, survey

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OBJECT TYPE: POST/IRON/TOWNSHIP
DATE: 1873
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1973.0694.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
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: IRON

Dimensions

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

Length: 4.2 cm
Width: 3.7 cm
Height: 151.7 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: Manitoba
Period: 1873-1953
Canada: FIRST SURVEY OF CANADIAN PRATRIES UNDER DOMINION LANDS SYSTEM BEGAN IN 1869. THIS MARKER IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN EARLY IRON TOWNSHIP MARKER, PLACED BY J. MCLATCHIE, D.L.S. IN 1873. MCLATCHIE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNNING THE SECOND BASE LINE SOUTH OF THE THIRD MERIDIAN (1881) AND SURVEYED EXTENSIVELY IN THE PRAIRIES.
Function: TO IDENTIFY THE PRECISE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF A SPECIFIC SITE, AS DETERMINED BY A SURVEYOR
Technical: TOWNSHIP & SECTION CORNERS WERE ROUTINELY MARKED BY WOOD POSTS UNTIL 1882, WHEN IRON TUBES OR POSTS WERE INTRODUCED. THIS IRONTOWNSHIP MARKER PREDATES THIS CHANGE BY ALMOST 10 YEARS. IT WAS PLANTED BY D.L.S. MCLATCHIE WHO, IN 1888, LOBBYED TO HAVE IRON POSTS & MOUNDS USED AT ALL CORNERS IN WOODED COUNTRY (REF.1 P.11)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: `16 19 W', `16 18 W', `17 18 W', `17 19 W' INCISED ON TOP OF POST, ONE DESIGNATION ON EACH OF FOUR FACES OF SQUARED TOP.
Missing: NONE
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Marker, survey, circa 1873, Artifact no. 1973.0694, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1973.0694.001/

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