Plate, builder's

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OBJECT TYPE: STEAM LOCOMOTIVE
DATE: 1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1996.0564.001

MANUFACTURER: Canadian Locomotive Co. Ltd.
MODEL: 2-8-2 "MIKADO"
LOCATION: Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 2236
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST IRON

Dimensions

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

Length: 43.5 cm
Width: 22.0 cm
Height: 2.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: CLC
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Kingston

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: APPLIED TO AN ENGINE BUILT UNDER CLC ORDER CONSTRUCTED IN LATE MAY 1945
Canada: EXAMPLE OF A CLC, CANADA'S OLDEST STEAM LOCOMOTIVE SUPPLIER, BUILDER'S PLATE. THIS PLATE PROVIDES AN ARTIFACT RELATED TO CANADIAN PRODUCTION OF STEAM LOCOMOTIVES FOR EXPORT - AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF OURDOMESTIC STEAM LOCOMOTIVE INDUSTRY THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE 1ST HALF OF THE 20C [REF 1]
Function: PROVIDES A BUILDER'S RECORD FOR A LOCOMOTIVE: NAME OF BUILDER; BUILDER'S NUMBER FOR THAT LOCOMOTIVE; AND DATE LOCOMOTIVE WAS BUILT.
Technical: PLATES WERE MOUNTED ON LOCOMOTIVES FOR QUICK IDENTIFICATION TO FIND RECORDS FOR MAINTAINENCE AND OPERATION PURPOSES.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MOLDED INTO PLATE: 'No/ 2236/ CANADIAN/ LOCOMOTIVE CO. LTD./ KINGSTON,ONT./ 1945'/ MOLDED IN BACK: '54-49.'/ HAND PAINTED ON BACK: 'SB/ 12555/ 278'
Missing: N/A
Finish: CAST
Decoration: N/A

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