Streetcar control
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SPEED CONTROL
- DATE
- 1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.0017.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Westinghouse Traction Brake Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- St. Louis, Missouri, 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
- WOOD CASE AND LEVER HANDLE/ BRASS, COPPER, & STEEL WORKING PARTS, BACK & TOP
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 43.0 cm
- Width
- 37.5 cm
- Height
- 84.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Public transportation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Westinghouse
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Missouri
- City
- St. Louis
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
SPEED CONTROL - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE READING 'WESTINGHOUSE TRACTION BRAKE CO. FOR THE SAFETY CAR DEVICES CO., ST. LOUIS, MO', ON TOP/ MFR'S PLATE ON TOP FRONT READING 'WESTINGHOUSE', WITH NUMBERS, LARGELY OBSCURED BY BLACK PAINT/ PARTIALLY COVERED MFR'S PLATE READING 'GENERAL...'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BROWN PAINTED CASE/ REMNANETS OF BLACK PAINT ON METAL TOP & BACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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Westinghouse Traction Brake Co., Streetcar control, circa 1925, Artifact no. 1981.0017, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0017.001/
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