Liner, track
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1923
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0194.001
- MANUFACTURER
- P-M CO. LTD.
- 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
- ALL METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 45.0 cm
- Width
- 16.3 cm
- Height
- 25.5 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
- PM
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1920S+
- Canada
-
EQUIPMENT USED BY CANADIAN RAILROAD IN ITS OPERATIONS. THIS TRACK LINER CAME FROM WALKLEY TRAIN YARD IN OTTAWA. - Function
-
DEVICE USED IN MAINTENANCE OF RAILROAD TRACK, SPECIFICALLY TO SHIFT TRACK LATERALLY TO CONFORM TO ESTABLISHED ALIGNMENT. - Technical
-
TRACK LINERS WERE DESIGNED TO MULTIPLY MAN POWER IN LINING OF TRACK & CONSISTED IN GENERAL OF BASE RESTING SECURELY ON ROAD BED TO ACT AS FULCRUM FOR LEVER ARM. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- CAST LETTERING ON BASE READS "THE P-M CO. LTD." & "PAT'D FEB 1923"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- REMNANTS OF GREEN PAINT, OBSCURED BY CORROSION
- Decoration
- N/A
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P-M CO. LTD., Liner, track, after 1923, Artifact no. 2001.0194, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0194.001/
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