Pole, switching

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1983.0677.001

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 WITH METAL BAND AT EACH END

Dimensions

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

Length: 244.0 cm
Width: 14.0 cm
Height: 14.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Railway Transportation
Category: Operations
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: SUCH POLES USED AT LEAST AS EARLY AS 1860'S/ POSSIBLY STILL USED IN SMALLER YARDS INTO 20TH C.
Canada: CAME FROM THE LAST OPERATIONAL STEAM LOCOMOTIVE SHOP IN CANADA
Function: USED TO FACILITATE THE SWITCHING OF RAILWAY CARS/ POLES WERE USED TO ALLOW A LOCOMOTIVE TO PUSH A CAR ON AN ADJACENT TRACK
Technical: USE OF POLING KNOWN BY 1860'S, BUT CAME TO BE USED MORE AS MEANS OF SWITCHING IN 1880'S IN ORDER TO BOOST YARD PRODUCTIVITY/ AT SOME YARDS IT WAS CONSIDERED 100% MORE EFFICIENT THAN TAIL SWITCHING/ WAS EVENTUALLY ABANDONED DUE TO DANGERS OF POLES SLIPPING OUT OF SOCKETS OR SPLITTING, & OF OVER-HARD PUSHES BY LOCOMOTIVES
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NONE
Missing: N/A
Finish: WOOD APPEARS UNFINISHED, BUT HARD TO DETERMINE DUE TO DIRT ACCUMULATIONS, BLACK IN APPEARANCE/ METAL IS BLACK WITH SOME RUSTY PATCHES
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Pole, switching, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1983.0677, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1983.0677.001/

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