General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PLYWOOD BASE. SYNTHETIC (INCLUDING ACRYLIC AND URETHANE FOAM) AND WOODEN COMPONENTS. PLEXIGLASS COVER.

Dimensions

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

Length

260.5 cm

Width

138.0 cm

Height

170.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Railway Transportation

Category

Models

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Multiversions

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Montréal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

THIS MODEL USED 1992 TO PRESENT.

Canada

MODEL OF VICTORIA BRIDGE IN MONTREAL, FIRST SINGLE TRACK TUBULAR BRIDGE BUILT IN CANADA. ORIGINAL BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1853 AND 1859 AS A LINK BETWEEN MONTRAL AND ST. LAMBERT ON THE SOUTH SHORE OF THE ST.LAWRENCE RIVER. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTED TO BRITISH FIRMS, BUT MOST WORKERS WERE CANADIAN. (REF. 1)

Function

TO GRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATE THE PROCESSES USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE VICTORIA BRIDGE IN MONTREAL, PQ. FROM 1853 TO 1859.

Technical

VICTORIA BRIDGE REPRESENTED ENORMOUS ENGINEERING CHALLENGE BECAUSE OF DISTANCE TO BE SPANNED (APPROX. 2 MILES) AND PROBLEMS OF TWICE-YEARLY ICE JAMS AND FLOODING: UPON IT'S COMPLETION, BRIDGE WAS REFERRED TO AS 8TH WONDER OF WORLD. NUMEROUS TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS DIRECTLY LINKED TO BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION: WEDGE-SHAPED PIER DESIGN; SPECIALTY BARGES & TUGS USED IN HAULING LIMESTONE; CHAFFEY DERRICK, ETC. (REF. 1, 2)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

No dominant markings on model. Steamer "BEAVER" bears markings.

Missing

UNKNOWN.

Finish

CLEAR PLEXI-GLASS COVER OVER MODEL. MODEL RESTS ON LIGHT BROWN WOOD TABLE SURFACE; TABLE SUPPORTED BY SIX DARK BROWN WOOD LEGS. MODEL OF BRIDGE SURROUNDED BY BLUE-GREEN 'WATER'; MODEL PREDOMINANTLY BROWN, GREY, AND BLACK.

Decoration

N/A