Marker, survey
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- OBJECT TYPE
- POST/WOOD/CLAIM/MINERAL
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1973.0700.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD POSTMOUNTED ON DISPLAY BOARD WITH COPPER STRAPS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 152.3 cm
- Width
- 25.3 cm
- Height
- 25.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Exploration and Survey
- Category
- Landmarks
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Yukon
- Period
- 1930-1948
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF A MARKER USED TO DEFINE CORNER OF A MINERAL CLAIM IN MINING AREA OF YUKON. PART OF CDN LANDMARKS COLLECTION, EST'D IN 1952 BY R.W. CLARK, D.L.S. S.L.S. THESE MARKERS SPAN OVER 200 YRS. OF CANADIAN SURVEYING & INCLUDE ITEMS FROM EVERY PROVINCE & TERRITORY EXCEPT NFLD. - Function
-
TO MARK & IDENTIFY THE PRECISE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF A SPECIFIC SITE. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF A WOODEN POST USED AS A SURVEY MARKER IN 1930/ IRON POSTS WERE MORE COMMONLY USED IN THIS PERIOD. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- `XI - CCLIX - MLIV -' INCISED ON ONE SIDE OF POST; `TICK' INCISED ON OPPOSITE SIDE/ `SL 18' STAMPED IN METAL PLATE SCREWED TO ONE END OF DISPLAY BOARD; `18' HANDWRITTEN ON BACK WITH BLACK MARKER
- Missing
- NONE From CA of 02/24/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- SURVEY POST MOUNTED ON STAINED & VARNISHED BOARD
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Marker, survey, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1973.0700, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1973.0700.001/
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