Press, embossing

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OBJECT TYPE: MANUAL LEVER
DATE: 1885–1949
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1969.0273.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: TEMISCOUTA RAILWAY
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 17.0 cm
Width: 5.7 cm
Height: 27.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Railway Transportation
Category: Operations
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 SOME TIME BETWEEN 1885 WHEN RAILWAY INCORPORATED UNTIL 1949 WHEN IT WAS SOLD TO CGR
Canada: EMBOSSING STAMP FOR THE TEMISCOUATA RAILWAY CO. WHICH WAS A SMALL RAIL LINE INCORPORATED IN 1885. IT WENT FROM RIVIERE DE LOUP IN QUEBEC TO EDMUNDSTON,N.B. THEN ALONG THE US-CANADA BORDER TO CONNORS, N.B. IT WAS SOLD TO THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS IN 1949. [REF1]
Function: USED TO EMBOSS PAPER WITH THE SEAL FOR THE TEMISCOUTA RAILWAY.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: LABEL AFFIXED TO BOTTOM OF.1 READS: "Temiscouata Railway/ Company/ 4. Company Seal'/.2 AND PLATE ATTACHED TO.1 HAS EMBOSSED LETTERING IN CIRCLE READING: 'TEMISCOUATA RAILWAY COMPANY'
Missing: .2 SHOULD BE REATTACHED TO THE BASE OF THE PRESS FOR THE ITEM TO WORK
Finish: .1 PAINTED GLOSS BLACK WITH GOLD PAINT TRIM LINES AROUND EDGES AS WELL AS DEORATIVE FLORAL LINES ON EACH SIDE
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Press, embossing, between 1885–1949, Artifact no. 1969.0273, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.0273.001/

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