Plate, builder's
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- OBJECT TYPE
- LOCOMOTIVE
- DATE
- 1964
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2011.0112.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Matheson, I. & Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- U-797
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Brass (possible) plate
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 13.7 cm
- Width
- 8.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MATHESON
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Nova Scotia
- City
- New Glasgow
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Builders’ plates are the “birth certificates” (Steuernagel, 1988)* of the locomotive. No matter what physical chances and renumbering occur during its operational life, the builders’ plate remains unchanged indicating the manufacturer, location, and builder’s serial number for the locomotive. The static nature of the builders’ plates means that they tend to be more important for research and proper identification of locomotives because locomotive builders’ rosters are listed by serial number and not by customer roster number. However, the customer roster number is also used extensively by railway historians as a means of identification and in many cases number plates served as a promotional piece for the locomotive purchaser. Name plates are part of earlier versions of the builders’ plates where the name of the manufacturer was separated from the location of manufacture and the serial number of the locomotive. The name plates offered represent some of the early manufacturers of locomotives in North America. Although the name plates are separated from the rest of the builders’ plates, they still acts as collection tools which document 19th century steam locomotive manufacturers. (From "Canadian Context/Historical Significance" section in Acquisition Proposal, p.12) (*Could not find reference listed in Proposal.) - Function
-
Builder's plate - Technical
-
The builder and locomotive plates artifacts in the collection document the existence of various companies that sold locomotives in this country, which are otherwise undocumented in our collection. (From "Technical Significance" section of Acquisition Proposal, p.12) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- On proper front: "I. MATHESON & CO. LTD./ DATE 28.4.64./ SERIAL NO. U-797/NEW GLASGOW/ W.P. 140 T.P/ N.S. NO./ NOVA SCOTIA"
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Dull brass coloured plate with no visible paint or finish
- Decoration
- N/A
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Matheson, I. & Co. Ltd., Plate, builder's, 1964, Artifact no. 2011.0112, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2011.0112.001/
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