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- OBJECT TYPE
- DEFECT/WHEEL/A.A.R.
- DATE
- 1956
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0066.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Pratt & Whitney
- MODEL
- TREAD WORN HOLLOW ON CAST IRON WHEELS
- LOCATION
- Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- G705
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- 1. &.2 STEEL;.3 CARDBOARD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 27.4 cm
- Width
- 4.4 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Operations
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Pratt Whitney
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Connecticut
- City
- Hartford
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- .1 NEVER USED;.2 PRESUMABLY USED C. 1956+. THIS TYPE USED C. 1920S+
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF TYPE OF DEFECT GAUGE USED BY ALL CANADIAN RAILWAYS. - Function
-
USED TO VERIFY CONDITION OF RAIL WHEELS, SPECIFICALLY THE TREAD ON CAST IRON WHEELS. - Technical
-
DEFECT GAUGES LIKE THESE WERE USED TO CHECK THE TREAD WEAR ON CAST IRON AND STEEL RAIL WHEELS. THESE GAUGES REPRESENT THE STANDARD ALLOWABLE LIMITS FOR NORTH AMERICAN RAIL WHEELS: WHEELS FOUND TO HAVE WORN MORE THAN THE ALLOWABLE LIMIT WERE "CONDEMNED". - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1-.2 " TREAD WORN HOLLOW CONDEMNING/ LIMIT GAGE FOR CAST IRON/ WHEELS/ 1956/ A.A.R./ PRATT & WHITNEY/ HARTFORD, CONN. U.S.A./ 52 705 M-1 " incised on face; " BEAD/ CHAIN " incised on clip securing shim to gauge/.3 Box top reads " PRATT & WHITNEY/ CUTTING TOOLS/ AND GAGES "; " HOLLOW " and " TREAD " handwritten near text panel on top. Silver decal reads " ripl/ ROTEM INDUSTRIAL/ PRODUCTS LIMITED/ 46 BRYDON DRIVE. REXDALE. ONT. 416-742-5100 ". Side panels marked " [logo]/ Colt Industries ". End panel marked " 4 AAR GAGES/ G705 134412 ". [NB: box originally contained 6 gauges]
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Pratt & Whitney, Gauge, 1956, Artifact no. 1999.0066, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0066.001/
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