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OBJECT TYPE: TREE SEEDLING
DATE: 1976
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1990.0305.001

MANUFACTURER: Columbia Plastics
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 10.0 cm
Width: 2.5 cm
Height: 2.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Forestry
Category: Silviculture
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Columbia
Country: Canada
State/Province: British Columbia
City: Vancouver

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: DEVELOPED, PATENTED, AND MANUFACTURED IN CANADA
Function: USED TO HOLD SEEDLINGS FOR MECHANIZED PLANTING. EARLY DESIGNS WERE FOR AIR DROP PLANTING.
Technical: THIS CONTAINER EASILY BREAKS APART AS THE SEEDLING GROWS THUS NOT IMPENDING ROOT GROWTH AS IN EARLIER TYPES. ALSO ALLOWED FOR EASY GROUPING & BINDING OF CONTAINERS FOR EASE IN HANDLING AND EFFICIENT USE OF NURSERY SPACE. IT ALSO ALLOWED FOR THE PLANTING OF TREE SEEDLINGS IN LARGE NUMBERS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MOLDED IN EACH OF FOUR SECTIONS OF EACH CONTAINER: 'CANADA PAT. NO.991408/ U.S. PAT. NO. 3962822/ COLUMBIA PLASTICS/ VANCOUVER CANADA'
Missing: N/A
Finish: .1 GREEN/.2 &.3 BLUE
Decoration: N/A

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Columbia Plastics, Container, planting, after 1976, Artifact no. 1990.0305, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1990.0305.001/

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