Rail sample, commemorative
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CROSS SECTIONAL SLICE
- DATE
- 1914
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0029.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAY
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PLATED STEEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.7 cm
- Width
- 12.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Commemorative
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- Period
- 1914
- Canada
-
COMMEMORATES THE COMPLETION OF THE GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAY MAIN LINE BETWEEN WINNIPEG, MELVILLE, EDMONTON, JASPER, AND PRINCE RUPERT. [REF 2]. THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY FORMED THE SUBSIDIARY COMPANY, THE GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAY IN 1914. [REF 1] - Function
-
USED TO COMMEMORATE THE LAYING OF THE LAST RAIL ON THE GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAIL LINE. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON ONE SIDE: 'G.T.P.R/ SOUVENIR/ SECTION/ OF/ LAST RAIL/ LAID/ 7TH/ APRIL/ 1914/ MILE 1373.14'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- PLATED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Rail sample, commemorative, 1914, Artifact no. 1968.0029, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1968.0029.002/
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