Marker, survey
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- OBJECT TYPE
- POST/IRON/STANDARD/TOWNSHIP BLOCK
- DATE
- 1937
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1973.0733.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- IRON POST WITH BRONZE CAP. SECURED TOWOOD DISPLAY BOARD BY COPPER STRAPS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 75.1 cm
- Width
- 8.8 cm
- Height
- 9.0 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
- Quebec
- Period
- 1937-1959
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF A STANDARD BRONZE-CAPPED SURVEY POST FROM QUEBEC. INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT BILINGUAL TEXT WARNS OF $100.00 FINE FOR REMOVAL OF MARKERS - NOT 7 YEARS IMPRISONMENT AS IN OTHER PARTS OF CANADA - Function
-
TO IDENTIFY THE PRECISE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF A SPECIFIC SITE, AS DETERMINED BY A SURVEYOR - Technical
-
THIS POST DESIGN INCORPORATED IMPRESSIVE WEIGHT, RAISED COLLAR & SPLAYED ANCHOR PINS NEAR POINT, & WRITTEN WARNING OF A FINE IN ORDER TO DETER VANDALS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- `ARPENTAGES QUEBEC SURVEY/AMENDE POUR DEPLACEMENT $100/ $100 FINE FOR REMOVAL ' APPEARS IN RAISED PRINT ON POST CAP. `H.B.C.' INCISED IN CENTER OF CAP/ `SL53' STAMPED ON METAL PLATE NAILED TO END OF BOARD/ `53' HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK MARKER ON BACK
- Missing
- NONE From CA of 02/06/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- DISPLAY BOARD IS STAINED & VARNISHED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Marker, survey, 1937, Artifact no. 1973.0733, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1973.0733.001/
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