Tag, baggage
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- OBJECT TYPE
- COPPER/RAIL
- DATE
- 1852–1858
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0040.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- ONTARIO SIMCOE & HURON RAILROAD
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- COPPER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 5.3 cm
- Width
- 3.6 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Services
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- WOULD HAVE BEEN USED SOMETIME BETWEEN 1852 AND 1858. [REF 1]
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF A TAG FOR THE ONTARIO, SIMCOE & HURON (UNION) RAILWAY CO. WHICH RAN THE 1ST STEAM TRAIN IN THE PROVINCE ON THE LINE ON MAY 16, 1853 FROM TORONTO TO MACHELL'S CORNERS (NOW AURORA). THE COMPANY WAS REORGANIZED AS THE NORTHERN RAILWAY CO. OF CANADA IN AUGUST 1858. - Function
-
USED TO KEEP TRACK OF BAGGAGE OR MAIL SHIPPED BY RAIL - Technical
-
TAGS WERE USED SO THAT THE NUMBER ON THE TAG AFFIXED TO THE BAGGAGE OR MAIL BAGS COULD BE CROSS-REFERENCED TO THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER IN THE RAILWAY'S ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND THE ITEM SHIPPED COULD BE TRACKED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED IN TAG: 'TORONTO/ 8/ O.S.H.R.R.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Tag, baggage, between 1852–1858, Artifact no. 1968.0040, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0040.001/
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