Marker, survey

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OBJECT TYPE: POST/WOOD/QUARTER-SECTION
DATE: 1886
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1973.0785.001

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 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: 183.2 cm
Width: 25.3 cm
Height: 18.5 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: 1886-1959
Canada: PART OF CANADIAN LANDMARKS COLLECTION, ESTABLISHED 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 AND TERRITORY EXCEPT NEWFOUNDLAND.
Function: TO IDENTIFY THE PRECISE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF A SPECIFIC SITE, AS DETERMINED BY A SURVEYOR
Technical: POST HEAD UNUSUAL IN THAT, WHILE TOP IS POINTED TO PROMOTE DRAINAGE, ONLY 2 SIDES WERE PREPARED
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: `1/4' CRUDELY INCISED ON OPPOSING SIDES OF POST HEAD/ `#106' HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK MARKER ON BOARD BACK
Missing: NONE From CA of 02/16/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
Finish: POST HAS BEEN COATED WITH HARD, SHINY SUBSTANCE, POSSIBLY SHELLAC/ DISPLAY BOARD HAS BEEN STAINED & VARISHED
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Marker, survey, 1886, Artifact no. 1973.0785, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1973.0785.001/

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