Shovel
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- OBJECT TYPE
- RAILROAD TRACK SPADE
- DATE
- 1967
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0522.001
- MANUFACTURER
- TRUE TEMPER CANADA LTD.
- MODEL
- BULLDOG
- LOCATION
- Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN HANDLE/ STEEL BLADE, FERRULE, AND TOP PART OF HANDLE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 100.0 cm
- Width
- 25.0 cm
- Height
- 15.0 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
- TRUE
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Hamilton
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY USED IN THE 1960S
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF STANDARD RAILWAY EQUIPMENT USED ON THE CNR - Function
-
USED TO TAKE UP, REMOVE OR THROW LOOSE MATTER, SUCH AS EARTH, STONES ETC. ALONG A RAILROAD TRACK - Technical
-
PART OF STANDARD EQUIPMENT CARRIED ON LOCOMOTIVES, CABOOSES, OR CREW CARS ON RAILWAYS IN THE EVENT OF DIFFICULTIES [REF 1]. THIS ITEM WAS MADE ESPECIALLY FOR RAILROAD USE [REF 2]. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED IN socket: 'TAPER FORGED/ TRUE TEMPER 2/ HEAT TREATED'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- VARNISHED WOOD; LACQUERED METAL
- Decoration
- N/A
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TRUE TEMPER CANADA LTD., Shovel, circa 1967, Artifact no. 1996.0522, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0522.001/
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