Wagon
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DUMP/TRANSVERSE CENTRE OPENING/GRAVEL
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0283.001
- 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/STEEL/CAST
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 520.0 cm
- Width
- 174.0 cm
- Height
- 159.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Civil engineering
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- CA 1900-1930
- Canada
-
TYPICAL OF ROAD MAKING EQUIPMENT USED IN CANADA CA 1900 - Function
-
VEHICLE USED TO SPREAD A LAYER OF GRAVEL ON A ROADWAY. THE SPREADING SLOT IS PERPENDICULAR TO THE ROAD TO ENABLE THE WAGON TO SPREAD A CONTROLLED AMOUNT OF GRAVEL TO FORM A LAYER THE WIDTH OF THE WAGON ON THE ROAD. - Technical
-
AN EXAMPLE OF A RELATIVELY SMALL CAPACITY DUMP WAGON, CENTRE DUMP WITH TRANSVERSE OPENING, OPENED BY A LEVER CRANK MECHANISM. THE FRONT & REAR FACES OF THE BOX SLOPE & ARE REINFORCED WITH SHEET STEEL. THE FRONT AXLE/BOX ATTACHMENT IS AN IRON UNIVERSAL JOINT. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- From CA of 07/24/1997 by Pat Montero: No - Complete
- Finish
- OBSCURED
- Decoration
- NONE
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Unknown Manufacturer, Wagon, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1986.0283, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0283.001/
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