Monument, boundary
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- OBJECT TYPE
- IRON/STANDARD/ISLAND
- DATE
- 1842–1845
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1990.0321.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
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
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Unknown Manufacturer, Monument, boundary, between 1842–1845, Artifact no. 1990.0321, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1990.0321.001/
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