Rail section
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- OBJECT TYPE
- T RAIL
- DATE
- 1895
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0898.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Cammells
- MODEL
- 80 LB.
- LOCATION
- England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 139.5 cm
- Width
- 12.5 cm
- Height
- 11.5 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
- Cammell
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF STEEL RAIL, 80 LB, ROLLED FOR CANADIAN RWY IN THE MID-1890'S - Function
-
TO SHOW ONE TYPE OF RAIL USED ON CANADIAN RWY LINES IN 1895 - Technical
-
RAIL COMES IN A VARIETY OF WEIGHTS BASED UPON A ONE YARD LENGTH. EARLIER RAILS WERE GENERALLY AROUND 65 LBS (PER YD) WHILE RAIL TOWARD THE END OF THE CENTURY WAS 80 LBS. BY 1910 MAINLINE RAILS WERE 100 LBS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF FAIRLY EARLY ROLLED STEEL RAIL. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BRANDED ON WEB: 'CAMMELLS TOUGHENED STEEL, W. 1895. SEC236 B.O. A & P.S. RAILWAY'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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