Marker, survey
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Post/Iron/Township/DLS
- DATE
- 1905
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1973.0742.001
- 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 post.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 184.4 cm
- Width
- 3.3 cm
- Height
- 3.3 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
- Alberta
- Period
- 1905-1960
- Canada
-
Part of Cdn. landmarks collection, est.'d in 1952 by R.W. Clark , D.L.S., S.L.S. these markers span over 200 years of Canadian surveying & include items from every province & territory except Nfld. - Function
-
To identify the precise geographical location of a specific site, as determined by a surveyor. - Technical
-
Type of post commonly used on township corners on Dominion Land surveys (Ref.1, p.36). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- `XXXVI-XXIV-IX' incised on one side of squared head; crown logo stamped into opposite side/ Third side of head bears incised Roman numerals but these have been rendered unintelligible by the addition of cross-hatching.
- Missing
- None From CA of 02/10/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Marker, survey, circa 1905, Artifact no. 1973.0742, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1973.0742.001/
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