Plate, builder's
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PASSENGER CAR/FLOOR
- DATE
- 1896
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0024.001
- MANUFACTURER
- FORT GRATIOT CAR SHOPS
- MODEL
- FORT GRATIOT CAR SHOPS
- LOCATION
- Port Huron, Michigan, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 15.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- FORT GRATIOT
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Michigan
- City
- Port Huron
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Michigan
- Period
- PASSENGER CARS PRODUCED AT THE SHOP BETWEEN 1882 AND 1889
- Canada
-
THIS SHOP WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE U.S. SUBSIDIARY OF THE GRAND TRUNK. FROM 1882 IT WAS A CAR & LOCOMOTIVE SHOP, BUT STOPPED MAKING PASSENGER CARS IN 1889. [REF 1] - Function
-
USED TO IDENTIFY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE RAIL COACH. IT WAS AFFIXED TO THE FLOOR OF THE COACH. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MOLDED IN PLATE: 'FORT GRATIOT CAR SHOPS/ 1896'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- STAR IN CENTRE
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FORT GRATIOT CAR SHOPS, Plate, builder's, 1896, Artifact no. 1968.0024, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0024.001/
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