Spike, commemorative
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TRACK
- DATE
- 1985
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0190.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- CPR/100TH ANNIV.
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL SPIKE/ CARDBOARD BOX WITH PAPER COVERING & PLUSH LINING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.2 cm
- Width
- 6.2 cm
- Height
- 4.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Commemorative
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C.1985
- Canada
-
INTENDED TO COMMEMORATE CEREMONY FOR 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF DRIVING OF CAST SPIKE OF CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY IN 1885 - Function
-
SPIKE USED TO HOLD IN PLACE STEEL RAIL & TIE PLATES ON RAILWAY, NOW A COMMEMORATIVE ITEM - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- GOLD MARKINGS ON BOX COVER READ 'CP Rail/ 1885-1985' & '100', WITH ILLUSTRATION OF STEAM ENGINE & MODERN ENGINE
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNFINISHED GREY SPIKE/ MAROON PAPER COVERED BOX WITH MAROON LINING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Spike, commemorative, circa 1985, Artifact no. 1991.0190, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0190.001/
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