Tag, baggage
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BRASS/RAIL
- DATE
- 1888–1923
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0051.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY
- 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
- BRASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.4 cm
- Width
- 5.0 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
- Unknown
- Period
- WOULD HAVE BEEN USED SOMETIME AFTER 1888 WHEN ST.CLAIR TUNNEL BUILT & 1923 WHEN GTR AMALGAMATED WITH CNR.
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF A TAG FROM THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY FOR THE AREA WEST OF THE ST. CLAIR TUNNEL IN SARNIA ONTARIO. THE TUNNEL WAS BUILT IN 1888 AND RUNS BETWEEN PORT HURON, MI. AND SARNIA. THE GRAND TRUNK WAS AMALGAMATED WITH THE CANADIAN NATIONAL IN 1923. - Function
-
USED TO KEEP TRACK OF BAGGAGE OR MAIL BEING SHIPPED BY RAIL - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON TAG: 'PROPERTY OF THE/ G.T.R. LINES/ WEST/ OF THE/ ST. CLAIR/ TUNNEL'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Tag, baggage, between 1888–1923, Artifact no. 1968.0051, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0051.001/
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