General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

COPPER PLATE/ PAPER

Dimensions

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

Length

34.0 cm

Width

9.7 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Railway Transportation

Category

Operations

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Hughes Kimber

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

BETWEEN 1874 AND 1893 WHEN LINE EXISTED UNDER THE NAME BRANTFORD, NORFOLK & PORT BURWELL RAILWAY

Canada

A PRINTING PLATE FOR PRINTING A TITLE ON DOCUMENTS OF THE "BRANTFORD, NORFOLK & PORT BURWELL RAILWAY CO.", AN EARLY ONTARIO RAILWAY WHICH EXISTED UNDER THIS NAME FROM 1874 TO 1893, ALTHOUGH IT WAS LEASED TO THE GREAT WESTERN RY. CO. IN 1877 IN PERPETUITY. [REF 1]

Function

TO TRANSFER AN IMAGE TO PAPER

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR STAMP ON PLATE REAR READS: `[?] & KIMBER (LIMITED)/ MANUFACTURERS/ LONDON E.C.'/ INCISED INTO COPPER PLATE FACE REVERSED IS: `PROVINCE OF ONTARIO/ THE BRANTFORD, NORFOLK & PORT BURWELL/RAILWAY COMPANY'

Missing

From CA of 07/16/1996 by Kevin Machan: No - Complete

Finish

PLATE IS TARNISHED/ PAPER IS TORN & WATER DAMAGED

Decoration

N/A