Control panel

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OBJECT TYPE: signal/switch
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2011.0152.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Wood casing; metal swtiches, contacts and fixtures; synthetic wire coverings

Dimensions

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

Length: 34.5 cm
Width: 27.0 cm
Height: 34.4 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: Unknown
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: The track switch and signal panel covering the west end of Old Ottawa Union which governed movements entering and leaving the station towards Hull. (see Ref. 2)
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: On proper front, diagram at top: "2RA 2RB 2RC/ TRACK 1/ IT/ AT/ HULL/ From/ Deep Cut/ TRACK 2/ 2LA/ 2LB"/ Above first switch on proper front: "1/ N SWITCH R"/ Above second switch on proper front: "2/ L SIGNAL R"/ At proper back, inside control unit: various tags connected to terminal contacts, some legible, some not.
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Dark brown finished wood case with a black and grey proper front, off-white markings and silver coloured metal switches. On the inside, the terminals are tagged with small red tags with white markings.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Control panel, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2011.0152, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2011.0152.001/

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