Spike, commemorative
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- OBJECT TYPE
- REPLICA/LAST DRIVEN
- DATE
- 1955
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0014.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- CNR/MANITOUWADGE ON LINE
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS OR COPPER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.5 cm
- Width
- 4.3 cm
- Height
- 3.3 cm
- 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
- Ontario
- Period
- 1955
- Canada
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COMMEMORATES THE BUILDING OF A CANADIAN NATIONAL RAIL LINE TO MANITOUWADGE ONTARIO IN 1955, WHICH WAS THE FIRST RAIL LINE INTO THAT LOCATION. THE LAST SPIKE WAS DRIVEN BY DONALD GORDON, CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT OF THE CNR. - Function
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USED TO COMMEMORATE THE BUILDING OF THE CNR RAIL LINE TO MANITOUWADGE ONTARIO IN 1955. [SEE MKGS] - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ENGRAVED IN SPIKE: 'TO COMPLETE/ FIRST RAIL LINE INTO/ MANITOUWADGE,/ ONTARIO/ DRIVEN BY DONALD GORDON C.M.G.,/ CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT,/ CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS,/ JULY 27, 1955'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- LACQUERED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Spike, commemorative, circa 1955, Artifact no. 1968.0014, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0014.001/
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