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OBJECT TYPE: CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER
DATE: 1869
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.0679.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY
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: PAPER

Dimensions

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

Length: 19.5 cm
Width: 12.5 cm
Height: 1.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Nova Scotia
Period: 1871-1872
Canada: CHRONICLES CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES OF INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY, WHICH EVENTUALLY BECAME CANADIAN NATIONAL.
Function: OFFICIAL DIARY OF RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER, USED TO RECORD CONDITION & PROGRESS OF ALL WORKS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: GOLD LETTERING ON FRONT COVER READS: 'DIARY/ INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY'/ BLACK PRINTED & HANDWRITTEN TITLE PAGE READS 'OFFICIAL DIARY/ OF/ Alex. McKay/ Inspector of Masonry/ INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY/ 1871/ Section No. 12/ Truro end' (LOWER CASE IN HANDWRITTEN SCRIPT)/ BLACK PRINTED INTRODUCTION TITLED 'INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY./ General Instructions, (No. 3)/ (AMENDED)/ 'PROGRESS REPORTS, &C./ CHIEF ENGINEER'S OFFICE,/ Halifax, 26th May, 1869' & ENDS'SANDFORD FLEMING./ Chief Engineer.'/ BLACK HANDWRITTEN ENTRIES THROUGHOUT
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLACK COVER
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Diary, 1869, Artifact no. 1988.0679, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0679.001/

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