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OBJECT TYPE: PAPER/FRAMED
DATE: 1956
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1996.0632.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: CNR
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 MAP/ WOODEN FRAME AND BACKING/ GLASS COVER

Dimensions

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

Length: 125.0 cm
Width: 87.5 cm
Height: 5.0 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: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1950S
Canada: THE CNR WAS ONE OF TWO MAIN RAIL LINKS IN CANADA AT THE TIME. THIS IS A DETAILED MAP SHOWING ALL THE COMMUNITIES THAT THIS RAILWAY SERVES IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES.
Function: USED TO ILLUSTRATE ALL THE LINES OPERATED BY CNR IN N. AMERICA AT THE TIME.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: TITLE OF MAP: 'The Only Railway Serving All Ten Provinces of Canada'/ EXPLANATION OF MAP ON SIDE: 'CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILYWAY SYSTEM/ Canadian National Railways Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company/ Central Vermont Railway Inc. Duluth Railway and Pacific Railway Co[?]/ LEGEND/ System Mileage 25,000 miles/ [symbol] Canadian National System [symbol] Canadian National Steam[?]/ [symbol] Joint Ownership [symbol] Canadian National Hotels/ [symbol] Line UnderConstruction [symbol] Off Line Traffic Offices/ Scale of Miles/ 50 [TO] 200'/ 'CANADIAN/ NATIONAL/ RAILWAYS [IN MAPLE LEAF LOGO]'
Missing: N/A
Finish: MULTICOLOURED MAP/ FRAME STAINED AND VARNISHED/ BACKING UNFINISHED/ UNCOLOURED GLASS
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Map, circa 1956, Artifact no. 1996.0632, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0632.001/

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