Marker part, survey

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OBJECT TYPE: POST TOP/WOOD/LOT
DATE: 1925
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1973.0763.001

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: WOOD POST SECURED TO WOOD DISPLAY BOARD BY COPPER STRAPS

Dimensions

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

Length: 76.1 cm
Width: 20.4 cm
Height: 12.0 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: Yukon
Period: 1925-1960
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 YRS. 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: INTERESTING VISUAL ILLUSTRATION OF DAMAGE SUSTAINED BY WOODEN SURVEY MARKERS DUE TO FIRE- A FAIRLY COMMON OCCURANCE, AND ONE OF MANY COMPELLING ARGUEMENTS PUT FORWARD BY SURVEYORS WHO FAVORED THE USE OF IRON MARKERS
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED `V' STILL VISIBLE ON POST. [REMAINDER OF INSCRIPTION - IIIDXXV MLII]/ ` SL86 ' STAMPED IN METAL PLATE NAILED TO END OF BOARD; ` 86 ' HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK MARKER ON BACK
Missing: POST SHAFT, POINT &AREAS OF HEAD From CA of 02/14/1994 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: WOOD POST HAS BEEN BADLY CHARRED BY FIRE
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Marker part, survey, circa 1925, Artifact no. 1973.0763, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1973.0763.001/

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