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- OBJECT TYPE
- switch box
- DATE
- 1850–1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0034.005
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 5
- Total Parts
- 5
- 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
- 4.8 cm
- Width
- 2.1 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY FROM THE MIDDLE 1800S TO THE EARLY 1900S
- Canada
-
EXAMPLES OF SWITCH KEYS USED ON CANADIAN RAIL LINES. - Function
-
USED TO LOCK THE SWITCH BOXES ON RAILWAY LINES. - Technical
-
SWITCHES HAD TO BE CAREFULLY MONITORED SO THAT THEY WERE ONLY MOVED WHEN REQUIRED IN ORDER TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS SO THE SWITCH BOX WAS SECURED BY LOCK AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED USED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NO MARKINGS
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- VARIOUS INCISED RINGS AND RIDGES ON KEY STALK.
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Unknown Manufacturer, Key, circa 1850–1920, Artifact no. 1968.0034, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0034.005/
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