Rail section
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- OBJECT TYPE
- T RAIL
- DATE
- 1903
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0899.001
- MANUFACTURER
- B.V.G. Bochum
- MODEL
- 80 LB
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 88.2 cm
- Width
- 12.5 cm
- Height
- 12.5 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
- BVG
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1903-1923 BY GRAND TRUNK- THEN BY CNR
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO SHOW ONE TYPE OF RAIL USED ON CANADIAN RWY LINES IN 1903 - Technical
-
IN THE 1890'S TO 1910, 80 LB RAIL WAS THE STANDARD FOR USE ON MAINLINE, OR HIGH TRAFFIC, CONSTRUCTION. BY WWI 80 LB RAIL WAS REPLACED BY 100 LB RAIL ON MOST MAJOR RWYS; SURPLUS 80 LB RAIL WAS THEN ASSIGNED FOR USE ON SECONDARY LINES OR RAILWAYS YARDS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BRANDED ON WEB 'B.V.G. BOCHUM. 7. 1903. G.T.R.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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B.V.G. Bochum, Rail section, 1903, Artifact no. 1986.0899, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0899.001/
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