Pavement slab

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1927
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2015.0287.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Bituminous sand pavement

Dimensions

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

Length: 9.5 cm
Width: 43.0 cm
Height: 6.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Mining and Metallurgy
Category: Mineral exploration
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Alberta
Period: From c. 1927
Canada: Taken from acquisition proposal; ref 1: "Jasper Pavement, made from Alberta oil sands by Sidney C. Ells in 1927 and samples of oil sands from Fort McMurray are important examples of the research that GSC carried out on bituminous sands in the 1920s and the 1930s. Sidney Ells was a mining engineer who began working for GSC in 1910s. He is considered a pioneer of oil sand research. In 1913 he brought samples of Athabascan oil sands to Ottawa, and ensured that bituminous sands was a research priority at GSC until 1917. In 1918, this research was moved to University of Alberta under directorship of Karl Clark.".
Function: Pavement sample.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Print reads "JASPER PAVEMENT/ 1927". Paper label that came with the artifact reads "SECTION OF/ BITUMINOUS SANDS PAVEMENT/ LAID BY/ S.C. ELLS/ AT/ JASPER, ALBERTA/ 1927". (Label in S.I.).
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Black pavement with white print. Three sides of the section are smooth.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Pavement slab, 1927, Artifact no. 2015.0287, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2015.0287.001/

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