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- OBJECT TYPE
- switch box
- DATE
- 1873–1880
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0942.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bohannan, W.
- MODEL
- VICTORIA RAILWAY CO.
- LOCATION
- Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
More Information
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
- 5.0 cm
- Width
- 2.2 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Operations
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Bohannan
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Brooklyn
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- WOULD HAVE BEEN USED SOMETIME BETWEEN 1873 AND 1880 WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED BY THE MIDLAND RAILWAY
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF A SWITCH KEY USED ON A SMALL ONTARIO RAIL LINE IN THE LATE 1880S. - Function
-
USED TO LOCK THE SWITCH BOX ON RAILWAY LINES. - Technical
-
RAIL SWITCH BOXES HAD TO BE CAREFULLY MONITORED SO THAT THEY WERE ONLY OPENED WHEN REQUIRED IN ORDER TO GUARD AGAINST THE UNAUTHORIZED SWITCHING OF RAILS WHICH MIGHT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT; THEREFORE THEY WERE ALWAYS KEPT LOCKED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON ONE SIDE: 'V R Y'/ STAMPED ON OTHER SIDE: 'W. BOHANNAN/ BROOKLYN N.Y.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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