Mover, railway car

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OBJECT TYPE: manual
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.0440.001

MANUFACTURER: Dillon Mfg. Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: Car wrench
Patents: N/A
General Description: ferrous metal head/ wood shaft

Dimensions

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

Length: 153.0 cm
Width: 15.0 cm
Height: 7.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Dillon
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: A piece of Canadian made rail accessory equipment. An item from the collection of Mr Andrew Merrilees acquired between the 1950’s and his death in 1979. Mr. Merrilees was a noted collector of early railway and transportation material and was particularly interested in pre-1920 photography. The majority of Mr.Merrilees’ collection was sent to the National Archives circa 1980, his printed material to the National Library and the Ontario Archives. The material in this donation was retained by Andrew Merrilees Ltd., currently owned by Dr. Robert Stewart (Acquisition proposal for AK0114 archival material by D.Monaghan, in Supp. Info.).
Function: A device for manipulating and moving rail cars by hand.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: cast lettering on head reads 'DILLON MFG. CO./ TORONTO ONT'/ black stenciled lettering on shaft reads 'DILLON SAFETY CAR WRENCH' on one side and 'MFD. BY DILLON MFG. CO./ TORONTO ONT'
Missing: appears complete
Finish: black painted metal, now corroded/ coated? unstained wood
Decoration: N/A

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Dillon Mfg. Co., Mover, railway car, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2004.0440, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.0440.001/

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