Marker part, survey
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- OBJECT TYPE
- POST CAP/IRON/EARLY-STANDARD
- DATE
- 1915
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1973.0721.001
- 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 POST HAS BRONZE CAP
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 21.4 cm
- Width
- 6.6 cm
- Height
- 6.6 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
- THIS POST NEVER USED. THIS CAP DESIGN INTRODUCED C.1916
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF POST CAP DESIGN IN USE AFTER 1916. PART OF CDN LANDMARKS COLLECTION, EST'D IN 1952 BY R.W. CLARK, D.L.S., S.L.S. THESE MARKERS SPAN OVER 200 YRS. OF CANADIAN SURVEYING & INCLUDE ITEMS FROM EVERY PROVINCE & TERRITORY EXCEPT NFLD. - Function
-
STANDARD CAP FIXED TO TOP OF IRON SURVEY MARKER - Technical
-
BRONZE CAPPED POSTS BEARING `PENALTY FOR REMOVAL' NOTICE WERE IN USE C.LATE 1915-1916. IN 1917 30,000 POSTS WERE MANUFACTURED CARRYING THE ADDITIONAL INSCRIPTION `DOMINION LANDS SURVEYS' (REF.1 P.12) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ` [CROWN LOGO] 7 YEARS IMPRISONMENT PENALTY FOR REMOVAL/ 191 ' INCISED IN CAP
- Missing
- NONE From CA of 02/06/1994 by Tony Missio: Yes - top portion only
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Marker part, survey, after 1915, Artifact no. 1973.0721, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1973.0721.001/
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