Marker, survey
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- OBJECT TYPE
- POST/IRON/STANDARD(MB)/QUARTER-SECTION
- DATE
- 1939
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1973.0749.001
- 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/ SOME CONCRETE REMAINS ON LOWER PART OF POST
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 77.2 cm
- Width
- 7.5 cm
- Height
- 7.3 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
- Manitoba
- Period
- 1939-C.1960
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF MANITOBA GOV'T SURVEYS POST FROM THIS PERIOD. MARKINGS INCLUDE PENALTY FOR REMOVAL IN MANITOBA-$100.00 OR 3 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT. PART OF CDN LANDMARKS COLLECTION, EST'D IN 1952 BY R.W. CLARK, D.L.S. THESE MARKERS SPAN OVER 200 YRS. OF CDN 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
-
EXAMPLE OF MARKER HAVING SPLAYED TIP & SETINTO CONCRETE, PRESUMABLY TO DISCOURAGE THEFT OR VANDALISM - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- `+ MANITOBA GOVERNMENT + SURVEYS/ - $100 FINE OR 3 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT FOR REMOVAL- / 2/1 / T5R11W / 1939' STAMPED ON POST END.
- Missing
- NONE From CA of 02/07/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- POST CAP MAY HAVE BEEN BRONZED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Marker, survey, circa 1939, Artifact no. 1973.0749, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1973.0749.001/
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