Tag, baggage
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- OBJECT TYPE
- COPPER/RAIL
- DATE
- 1860–1867
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0048.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- EUROPEAN & N. AMERICA 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
- 4.5 cm
- Width
- 3.8 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
- New Brunswick
- Period
- USED SOMETIME BETWEEN 1860 WHEN LINE OPENED TO 1867 WHEN IT BECAME PART OF THE INTERCOLONIAL RY [REF 1]
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF TAG USED BY A SMALL NEW BRUNSWICK RAILWAY CO. WHICH OPENED ON AUG. 1, 1860 AND RAN FROM ST. JOHN, N.B TO SHEDIAC. IT WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY CO. ON JULY 1, 1867. [REF 1] - Function
-
USED TO KEEP TRACK OF BAGGAGE 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 BEING SHIPPED COULD BE TRACKED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON FRONT: 'E & N A R R/ 148'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Tag, baggage, between 1860–1867, Artifact no. 1968.0048, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0048.001/
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