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OBJECT TYPE: paper/framed
DATE: 1952
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2007.0225.001

MANUFACTURER: DOT Meteorological Branch
MODEL: Meteorological Teletype Communication System
LOCATION: Canada

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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/ Glazed wood frame with cardboard and paper backing and metal hardware

Dimensions

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

Length: 46.5 cm
Width: 19.8 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: 1.5 cm
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Meteorology
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: MSC
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1952+
Canada: One of a large number of Meteorological Service of Canada artifacts in the collection of the Canada Science and Technology Museum. MSC is the government agency responsible for collecting and disseminating meteorological data and forecasts in Canada. It was founded in 1871 in Toronto where it is still headquartered. The MSC was originally on the University of Toronto downtown campus but moved to Downsview in 1971 on land owned by UofT. The headquarters houses laboratories, research facilities and calibration and instrument maintenance facilities (now largely contracted out).
Function: A map of southern Canada depicting a meteorological teletype communication system.
Technical: A schematic of the teletype comunication system used to transmit meteorological data across the country.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Printed label on map reads 'METEOROLOGICAL/ TELETYPE COMMUNICATION/ SYSTEM/ AUGUST 1, 1952/ METEOROLOGICAL DIVISION/ DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT - CANADA'/ Black/ Black printed lettering and lines on map/ Gold printed lines/ Hand penciled lettering on back reads '36130'
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Off-white paper in black painted and coated frame/ Colourless transparent glass
Decoration: N/A

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DOT Meteorological Branch, Map, 1952, Artifact no. 2007.0225, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2007.0225.001/

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