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- OBJECT TYPE
- switch box
- DATE
- 1881–1883
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0943.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bohannan, Wilson
- MODEL
- MIDLAND RAILWAY
- LOCATION
- Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- 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
- 5.2 cm
- Width
- 2.3 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 C 1879 AND 1883
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF SWITCH KEYS USED ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY IN ONTARIO. IT WAS AN AMALGAMATION OF SEVERAL SMALLER LINES FROM C 1879 UNTIL IT WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY IN 1883. - Function
-
USED TO LOCK SWITCH BOXES ON RAILWAY LINES. - Technical
-
SWITCHES HAD TO BE CAREFULLY MONITORED SO THAT THEY WERE ONLY MOVED WHEN REQUIRED IN ORDER TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS SO THE SWITCH BOX WAS SECURED BY LOCK AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED USE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON EACH SIDE: 'M R'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- TWO RINGS INCISED IN SHANK;.
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Bohannan, Wilson, Key, between 1881–1883, Artifact no. 1968.0943, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0943.001/
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