Pinch bar
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TRACK
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0308.001
- 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
- FERROUS METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 138.0 cm
- Width
- 6.0 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
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 20TH C.+
- Canada
-
TOOL USED BY CANADIAN RAILWAY TRACK EMPLOYEES TO MAINTAIN TRACKS OF CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS, CANADA'S ONLY SURVIVING NATIONAL RAILWAY. CNR WAS FORMED IN 1919 FROM EXISTING CANADIAN RAILWAYS TAKEN OVER OR OWNED BY CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. - Function
-
HAND TOOL USED TO RAISE RAIL OF RAILWAY TRACK SO THAT TIE PLATES CAN BE REMOVED OR INSERTED, OR USED AS LINING BAR TO LINE OR GAUGE OLD TRACK. - Technical
-
TYPE OF SPECIALIZED TOOL USED FOR MAINTENANCE OF RAILWAY TRACKS SINCE AT LEAST BEGINNING OF 20TH CENTURY UNTIL AT LEAST 2000. PINCH BAR IS SOLID METAL BAR WITH ONE END POINTED, OTHER END A CURVED PINCH. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- POSSIBLY ORIGINALLY PAINTED BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Pinch bar, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2002.0308, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0308.001/
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