Marker part, survey

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OBJECT TYPE: POST TOP/WOOD/RESERVE/TIMBER/BERTH
DATE: 1959
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1973.0738.001

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: WOOD POST

Dimensions

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

Length: 53.0 cm
Width: 10.7 cm
Height: 8.0 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: Saskatchewan
Period: BEFORE 1959
Canada: EXAMPLE OF A MARKER ERECTED AT AN INDIAN RESERVE CORNER WHICH MARKED A TIMBER BERTH, A STAND OF TIMBER IN WHICH THE INDIANS HAD THE RIGHT TO FELL TREES
Function: TO IDENTIFY THE PRECISE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF A SPECIFIC SITE, AS DETERMINED BY A SURVEYOR.
Technical: 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.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: `IR-T-B' INCISED ON POST TOP
Missing: SHAFT &POINT OF POST From CA of 02/14/1994 by Tony Missio: Yes - Top portion only.
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Marker part, survey, before 1959, Artifact no. 1973.0738, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1973.0738.001/

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