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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1850–1880
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0390.002

MANUFACTURER: OLRY & CO.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal cup

Dimensions

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Lexicon

Group: Exploration and Survey
Category: Survey equipment
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Manufacturer

AKA: OLRY
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Pennsylvania
City: Philadelphia

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS TYPE OF FLASK PROBABLY USED C. 1850S+
Canada: MARCUS SMITH WAS BORN IN NORTHUMBRIA, ENGLAND IN 1831 AND WORKED IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND SURVEY OF EARLY BRITISH RAILWAYS. HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1849 AND WORKED ON THE GREAT WESTERN AND NIAGARA & DETROIT RIVER RAILWAY (UNTIL 1860) AND INTERCOLONNIALRAILWAY (RESTIGOUCHE NB DISTRICT) (1868-72); FROM 1872-86 SMITH WORKED FOR THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, AND WAS ACTING ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF DURING THE ABSENCE OF SIR SANFORD FLEMING (1876-78). HIS LAST POST WAS AS A CONSULTING ENGINEER TO THE CDN GOV'T (1886-92). MARCUS SMITH DIED IN 1901. (REF. 1)
Function: Unknown
Technical: DRINK FLASK C/W METAL CUP ON BASE, AND CORK LINED SCREW COVER.
Area Notes: Unknown

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Missing: N/A
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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OLRY & CO., Cup, circa 1850–1880, Artifact no. 2002.0390, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0390.002/

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