Plate, manufacturer's
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SUPERHEATER UNIT
- DATE
- 1954–1955
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0594.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- B1
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- 55LA1 11
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM ALLOY ?
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 19.4 cm
- Width
- 7.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY USED IN THE 1950S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO IDENTIFY THE SUPERHEATER UNIT IT IS AFFIXED TO FOR REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT PURPOSES - Technical
-
A SUPERHEATER UNIT CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF TUBES AND HEADERS USUALLY PLACED IN THE SMOKE-BOX OF THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, THROUGH WHICH STEAM PASSES ON ITS WAY TO THE CYLINDERS, THUS RAISING ITS TEMPERATURE AND THUS MAKING THE ENGINE OPERATION MORE EFFICIENT. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MOLDED AND STAMPED IN PLATE: 'SUPERHEATER UNITS/ B1. MP.5.12.54./ SHOP. REP. MI.5.55./ A.R.MP.4.58./ ENGINE NO 6200'/ STAMPED IN BACK: '55 LA1 11'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Plate, manufacturer's, circa 1954–1955, Artifact no. 1968.0594, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0594.001/
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