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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1982
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2011.0012.010

MANUFACTURER: Urban Transportation Development Corp. Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 10
Total Parts: 13
AKA: control or switch box
Patents: N/A
General Description: All- metal casing, painted black [currently covered in layer of fine brown dust ?]; interior painted off-white houses large metal pull-switch with red handled knob; exterior fitted with large black synthetic and silver metal plug head inside recessed metal well has threaded metal cover secured by metal link chain.

Dimensions

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

Length: 45.5 cm
Width: 45.0 cm
Height: 40.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Railway Transportation
Category: Public transportation
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Urban Transportation
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Kingston

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "SHOP", 'OFF' and "RUN" printed on plate behind switch plate. "H VEAM" cast in raised print on plug cover. "PYLE LINE" cast in raised print on component casing. Paper labels on casing are heavily soiled; damaged labels read in part "URBAN TRANSPORTATION/ DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD./ QUALITY ASSURANCE SEAL/ Q,C, ACCEPTANCE/ [illegible]".
Missing: Unknown.
Finish: All- metal casing, painted black [currently covered in layer of fine brown dust ?]; interior painted off-white houses large metal pull-switch with red handled knob; exterior fitted with large black synthetic and silver metal plug head inside recessed metal well has threaded metal cover secured by metal link chain.
Decoration: N/A

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Urban Transportation Development Corp. Ltd., Rack, circa 1982, Artifact no. 2011.0012, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2011.0012.010/

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