Plate, builder's

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OBJECT TYPE: STEAM LOCOMOTIVE
DATE: 1948
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1996.0565.001

MANUFACTURER: MONTREAL LOCOMOTIVE WORKS LTD.
MODEL: INDIA STATE RWYS M-30-?
LOCATION: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 76394
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BRASS

Dimensions

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

Length: 38.0 cm
Width: 19.8 cm
Height: 1.5 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: MLW
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Montréal

Context

Country: India
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS PLATE WAS APPLIED TO AN ENGINE BUILT UNDER MLW ORDER NO. Q-418 FOR THE INDIA STATE RLWYS. IN 1948
Canada: EXAMPLE OF A BUILDER'S PLATE RELATED TO THE CANADIAN LOCOMOTIVE EXPORT TRADE - AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF OUR DOMESTIC 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 IN ORDER TO FIND RECORDS FOR MAINTAINENCE AND OPERATION PURPOSES.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MOLDED ON FRONT: 'MONTREAL/ LOCOMOTIVE WORKS/ LIMITED BUILDERS/ MONTREAL CANADA/ 76394 1948'/ PAINTED ON BACK: '12002/ WD R/S S/BOX/ (442)'
Missing: N/A
Finish: UNFINISHED
Decoration: N/A

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MONTREAL LOCOMOTIVE WORKS LTD., Plate, builder's, 1948, Artifact no. 1996.0565, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0565.001/

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