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OBJECT TYPE: commemorative/mounted
DATE: 1983
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2005.0215.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: spade
Patents: N/A
General Description: Bright plated silver metal spade head & handle; purple leather (?) covering over handle grip; medium brown wood shaft. Mounted on oak (?) board using 2 silver metal screws; silver metal mounting hardware on reverse of board.

Dimensions

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

Length: 107.5 cm
Width: 24.5 cm
Height: 19.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Commemorative
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Spade used May 25, 1983. Mounted spade displayed during period before c. 2005.
Canada: Spade used at May 25, 1983 sod-turning ceremony for National Aviation Museum.
Function: Specific: Spade used at May 25, 1983 sod-turning ceremony for National Aviation Museum.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "THE SHOVEL USED/ BY/ THE HONOURABLE FRANCIS FOX, P.C., M.P./ MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS/ AT THE/ SOD-TURNING CEREMONY/ NATIONAL AVIATION MUSEUM/ ROCKCLIFFE AIRPORT/ 25 MAY 1983" and "PELLE UTILISÉE/ PAR/ L"HONOURABLE FRANCIS FOX, C.P. DÉPUTÉ/ MINISTRE DES COMMUNICATIONS/ LORS DE LA CÉRÉMONIE/ DE LA PREMIERE PELLETEE DE TERRE/ MUSÉE NATIONAL DE L'AVIATION/ AÉROPORT DE ROCKCLIFFE/ LE 25 MAI 1983" etched on plate fixed to shaft. "E 111/ TREATED 2" stamped on plate mounted on shovel tang.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Bright plated silver metal spade head & handle; purple leather (?) covering over handle grip; medium brown wood shaft. Mounted on oak (?) board using 2 silver metal screws; silver metal mounting hardware on reverse of board.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Shovel, before 1983, Artifact no. 2005.0215, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2005.0215.001/

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