Spike, commemorative
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ORIGINAL
- DATE
- 1985
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0917.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- CPR/100TH ANNIV.
- 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
- IRON
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 17.8 cm
- Width
- 3.6 cm
- Height
- 4.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Commemorative
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- Period
- SPIKE DRIVEN & REMOVED NOV. 7, 1985
- Canada
-
LAST SPIKE DRIVEN TO MARK THE CONCLUSION OF CP'S FIRST CENTURY NOV. 7, 1985 AT CRAIGELLACHIE, B.C. IT WAS DRIVEN BY THE GREAT- GRANDSON OF DONALD SMITH, WHO DROVE THE LAST SPIKE IN 1885, & BY THE GRANDSON OF THOMAS SHAUGHNESSY, WHO WAS ASSISTANT GEN. MANAGER OF C.P.R., AND WHO WENT ON TO BECOME C.P.R.'S 3RD PRESIDENT - Function
-
COMMEMORATIVE - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RAISED 'V' APPEARS ON SPIKE HEAD
- Missing
- NONE
- Finish
- BLACK IRON
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Spike, commemorative, circa 1985, Artifact no. 1985.0917, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0917.001/
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