General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CAST IRON MONUMENT; TOP 3 FEET FILLED WITH CONCRETE

Dimensions

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

Length

183.0 cm

Width

15.3 cm

Height

28.0 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

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS MONUMENT USED C. 1842-C.1910

Canada

EXAMPLE OF INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY MONUMENT PLACED ON ISLANDS OF ST. JOHN RIVERC.1843-1845. WHEN WEBSTER-ASHBURTON TREATY OF 1842 WAS SIGNED BETWEEN G.B. & US, J.B.B. ESTCOURT & A. SMITH WERE ASSIGNED TO DETERMINE & MARK BOUNDARY. THIS MONUMENT BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN REMOVED C.1908-1910, WHEN A NUMBER WERE REPLACED (REF.1)

Function

TO IDENTIFY NATIONALITY OF ISLANDS IN ST. JOHN RIVER, IE. AS BELONGING TO CANADA OR U.S.A.

Technical

THIS TYPE OF MONUMENT USED ON ISLANDS, AS OPPOSED TO MAINLAND OR COASTAL MARKERS (SEE 730767). MADE OF CAST IRON, THE 6-FOOT HIGH MONUMENTS WERE SUNK 3 FEET BELOW GROUND. THESE EARLY MONUMENTS (1843-45 ONLY) BORE NAMES OF U.S. & BRITISH BOUNDARY COMMISSIONERS. RING BOLTED TO TOP IS NOT STANDARD TO MONUMENT DESIGN (REF.1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

FOLLOWING TEXT CAST IN RAISED PRINT ON SIDES OF MARKER: [SIDE 1] 'TREATY OF WASHINGTON'; [OPPOSITE SIDE] 'AUGst 9th, 1842, H.B.M. ISLAND'; [THIRD SIDE, ORIENTED WHEN SET TO FACE CANADA] 'LT. COL. I.B.B. ESTCOURT H.B.M. COMssr.'; [OPPOSITE SIDE] 'ALBERT SMITH U.S. COMssr.'

Missing

ONE PIECE ("FOOT") ON PROPER BACK SIDE OF MARKER

Finish

NATURAL FINISH

Decoration

N/A