General Information

Serial #

1487

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

non-ferrous metal

Dimensions

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

Length

26.0 cm

Width

15.0 cm

Height

1.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Railway Transportation

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Dominion Engineering

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

A builder's plate for a diesel engine made by the Canadian firm Dominion Engineering Works for American Locomotive Co. under license from Montreal Locomotive Works Ltd. The Dominion Engineering Works Ltd. was a component of the Dominion Bridge Co. of Montreal. In 1920 Dominion Engineering Works took over the former St Lawrence Bridge Works to manufacture paper machines and hydraulic turbines. In 1962 General Electric bought Dominion Engineering Works, and in 1984 they split up the company by selling the paper-making machine business to Valmet, of Finland. Dominion Engineering Works then became G. E. Hydro. Dominion Bridge is now United Dominion Industries. An item from the collection of Mr Andrew Merrilees acquired between the 1950’s and his death in 1979. Mr. Merrilees was a noted collector of early railway and transportation material and was particularly interested in pre-1920 photography. The majority of Mr.Merrilees’ collection was sent to the National Archives circa 1980, his printed material to the National Library and the Ontario Archives. The material in this donation was retained by Andrew Merrilees Ltd., currently owned by Dr. Robert Stewart (Acquisition proposal for AK0114 archival material by D.Monaghan, in Supp. Info.).

Function

An identification plate that provides the builder's information for a diesel engine including the name of the builder and the builder's number for that engine, and in this case the names of the licensor and the purchaser of the equipment.

Technical

An example of a builder's plate for a 660 H.P., 740 R.P.M. diesel engine Type 6-12½-13 539, No. 1487

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

gold painted lettering reads 'American Locomotive Company/ Auburn, New York/ 4 Cyc. Diesel Engine/ Built By/ Dominion Engineering Works Ltd./ Under License From/ Montreal Locomotive Works Ltd.' with cast and incised 'Type 6-12½-13/ 539/ No. 1487 H.P. 660 R.P.M. 740'

Missing

appears complete

Finish

painted brown

Decoration

gold edging and lining around edge