Medal, commemorative
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- OBJECT TYPE
- RAILWAY TUNNELLING RECORD
- DATE
- 1913
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0068.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- CANADIAN NORTHERN RAILWAY
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STERLING SILVER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 3.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Commemorative
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- 1913
- Canada
-
COMMEMORATES THE 3 MILE MOUNT ROYAL TUNNEL BUILT BY THE MACKENZIE MANN & CO. FOR THE CANADIAN NORTHERN RAILWAY CO. TO ACCESS THEIR NEW STATION IN MONTREAL. THE COMPANY MADE AN AMERICAN TUNNELING RECORD IN DECEMBER 1913 IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING THE TUNNEL. - Function
-
USED TO COMMEMORATE THE AMERICAN TUNNELING RECORD IN THE BUILDING OF THE MOUNT ROYAL TUNNEL IN MONTREAL IN 1913. - Technical
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THE BUILDING OF THE 3 MILE MOUNT ROYAL TUNNEL WHICH THIS MEDAL COMMEMORATES WAS AN IMPRESSIVE ENGINEERING FEAT AT THE TIME. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ENGRAVED ON FRONT: 'MACKENZIE MANN & COMPANY LTD. MOUNT ROYAL TUNNEL/ CANDAIAN/ NORTHERN [LOGOIN CENTER]'/ ENGRAVED ON BACK: 'AMERICAN TUNNELLING/ RECORD/ HARD ROCK HEADING/ 810 FEET 31 WORKING/ DAYS/ MONTHLY PROGRESS/ AVERAGE EACH HEADING/ 420 FEET/ GROSS AVERAGE/ 1100 FEET/ DECEMBER 1913/ STERLING'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- FLOWER LIKE SHAPE TO OUTSIDE OF MEDAL
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Unknown Manufacturer, Medal, commemorative, 1913, Artifact no. 1968.0068, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0068.001/
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