Hoop, train order

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OBJECT TYPE: WOOD
DATE: 1936–1964
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2001.0089.001

MANUFACTURER: HI-SPEED DELIVERY FORK CO.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Shelbyville, Indiana, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOODEN SHAFT; METAL FLANGE

Dimensions

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

Length: 137.0 cm
Width: 12.5 cm
Height: 3.0 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: HI SPEED
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Indiana
City: Shelbyville

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS TRAIN ORDER HOOP USED C. 1935-1970.
Canada: TRAIN ORDER HOOP USED ON A CN RAILWAY IN OTTAWA, ONT. TYPICAL OF THE EQUIPMENT USED AT OTHER CANADIAN RAILWAY STATIONS TO CONVEYWRITTEN MESSAGES (ORDERS). (REF. 1)
Function: DEVICE USED BY RAILWAY PERSONNEL TO HAND TRAIN ORDERS TO CREWS OF PASSING LOCOMOTIVES.
Technical: ONE OF SEVERAL STYLES OF TRAIN ORDER HOOP, USED AS A SIMPLE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN RAILWAY STATION AND TRAIN PRIOR TO THE INTRODUCTION OF RADIO-TELEPHONE. EACH STATION HAD A SEMAPHORE ORDER BOARD TELLING THE ENGINEER IF THERE WAS A MESSAGE TO PICK UP OR NOT. (REF. 1) DESIGNED BY CHESTER G. SHEPHERD WHO PATENTED IT IN CANADA ON JAN. 15, 1935. HE ESTABLISHED A COMPANY CALLED THE "HI-SPEED DELIVERY FORK COMPANY" ON N. HARRISON ST. IN SHELBYVILLE, IN. MR. SHEPHERD OPERATED IT UNTIL 1949, WHEN HIS WIFE TOOK OVER THE BUSINESS: THE CO. WAS SOLD IN 1964. (REF.1)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "U.S. PAT. 1,902,669- CAN. PAT. 347483" and "THE HI-SPEED DELY. FORK CO. SHELBYVILLE, IND." stamped into both sides of metal flange.
Missing: UPPER PORTION COMPRISING THE MOUNTING FOR, AND ARMS OF, THE ORDER HOLDING PORTION OF THE DEVICE.
Finish: WOODEN SHAFT PAINTED YELLOW. METAL FLANGE HAS GALVANIZED FINISH; IRON (?) STRIP FIXED TO CENTRE IS HEAVILY CORRODED.
Decoration: N/A

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HI-SPEED DELIVERY FORK CO., Hoop, train order, between 1936–1964, Artifact no. 2001.0089, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0089.001/

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