Signal, crossing
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1929
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.0002.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON/ STEEL/ WOOD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 100.0 cm
- Width
- 95.0 cm
- Height
- 286.0 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
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- C. 1929-1980
- Canada
-
SEEMS TO BE A CANADIAN DEVELOPMENT (SEE TECH. DEVELOPMENT) BUT FURTHER RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO CONFIRM THIS. - Function
-
TO WARN HIGHWAY TRAFFIC OF APPROACHING TRAINS - Technical
-
THIS IS AN UNUSUAL SIGNAL. RATHER THAN THE OLD 'WIG-WAG' OR THE MODERN FLASHING LIGHTS, THIS SIGNAL HAS A SIGN THAT FLASHES THE WORD "DANGER" WHEN ACTIVATED BY THE APPROACH OF A TRAIN. AT THE SAME TIME A BELL ATTACHED TO THE SIGNAL MAST IS SET RINGING. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- PAINTED GREY
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Signal, crossing, circa 1929, Artifact no. 1984.0002, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0002.001/
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