Valve gear model
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BAKER/DEMOSTRATOR
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0170.001
- MANUFACTURER
- GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RWY
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD BASE/ METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 149.5 cm
- Width
- 25.2 cm
- Height
- 64.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Models
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- GRAND TRUNK
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Michigan
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
THIS GEAR WAS WIDLEY USED ON CN & GTW LOCOMOTIVES. - Function
-
USED TO DEMONSTRATE VALVE EVENTS - VALVE GEARS ARE THE MECHANISM THAT TRANSMIT MOTION TO THE VALVES, WHICH ADMIT STEAM TO & EXHAUST IT FOM THE CYLINDERS.(1) - Technical
-
GEAR INVENTED BY ABNER BAKER CA. 1903, HAVING FEWER MOVING PARTS THAN OTHER TYPES OF GEAR. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BASE PAINTED BLACK/ BLACK & GREY PAINTED VALVE GEAR WITH YELLOW PARTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RWY, Valve gear model, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1966.0170, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0170.001/
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