Rail
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1861
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2013.0078.004
- MANUFACTURER
- McKelvey, J.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 4
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- support, bar or slat
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Unfinished solid hardware bar is square shaped.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 119.5 cm
- Width
- 2.0 cm
- Height
- 2.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Food processing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- McKelvey
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- St. Catharines
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Presumably used c. 1861+ This type of icebox typically used until c. 1950s.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Specific: To support items placed within icebox, while keeping them off cabinet floor and permitting free flow of chilled air. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None evident.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Unfinished solid hardwood bar is square shaped.
- Decoration
- N/A
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McKelvey, J., Rail, after 1861, Artifact no. 2013.0078, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2013.0078.004/
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