Hoop, train order
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WOOD
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0178.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD, WITH METAL SPRING CLOSURE.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 79.0 cm
- Width
- 36.0 cm
- Height
- 4.0 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF TYPE OF DEVICE USED ON CANADIAN RAILWAYS. - Function
-
DEVICE USED BY RAILWAY STATION PERSONNEL TO HAND TRAIN ORDERS TO CREWS OF PASSING LOCOMOTIVES. - Technical
-
TRAIN ORDER HOOPS PROVIDED A SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE MEANS OF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN RAILWAY STATION AND TRAIN CREWS, PRIOR TO THE INTRODUCTION OF RADIO TELEPHONES. ORDERS WERE PLACED IN THE SPRING/NOTCH OF THE HOOP AND THE HOOP HELD UP/OUT: THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER WOULD RETRIEVE ORDERS BY PUTTING HIS ARM THROUGH THE HOOP. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None visible.
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- NATURAL FINISHES.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Hoop, train order, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1999.0178, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0178.001/
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