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OBJECT TYPE: JOURNAL BOX
DATE: 1961
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1967.1259.001

MANUFACTURER: General Steel Wares Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL/ WOOD HANDLE GRIP

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 30.0 cm
Height: 49.5 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: GSW
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: USED BY A CANADIAN RAILROAD IN ITS OPERATIONS
Function: A CONTAINER WITH A POURING SPOUT CONTAINING OIL, USED TO SUPPLY OIL TO A RAILROAD CAR JOURNAL BOX. THIS IS A METAL HOUSING ENCLOSING THE JOURNAL BEARING (WHICH SUPPORTS THE LOAD), THE JOURNAL PORTION OF THE AXLE UPON WHICH THE BEARING RESTS, & THE WEDGE, & CONTAINING THE OIL & PACKING FOR LUBRICATING THE JOURNAL.
Technical: A SPECIALIZED METHOD OF LUBRICATION USED IN JOURNAL BOXES INSTEAD OF DEPENDING UPON THE ORDINARY FORM OF WASTE PACKING IN WHICH A MIXTURE OF COTTON OR WOOL & VEGETABLE FIBRE IS SATURATED WITH LUBRICATING OIL & PLACED IN THE JOURNAL BOX SO THAT IT COMES INTO CONTACT WITH THE LOWER HALF OF THE JOURNAL.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: RAISED `CN' ON SIDE & `GWS/ QUALITY' LOGO ON UNDERSIDE
Missing: N/A
Finish: GALVANIZED METAL CAN WITH RED PAINTED SCREW TOPS/ BLACK WOOD
Decoration: N/A

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General Steel Wares Ltd., Oiler, after 1961, Artifact no. 1967.1259, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1967.1259.001/

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