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- OBJECT TYPE
- JOURNAL BOX
- DATE
- 1961
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1967.1259.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Steel Wares Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL/ WOOD HANDLE GRIP
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 30.0 cm
- Height
- 49.5 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
- GSW
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
USED BY A CANADIAN RAILROAD IN ITS OPERATIONS - Function
-
A CONTAINER WITH A POURING SPOUT CONTAINING OIL, USED TO SUPPLY OIL TO A RAILROAD CAR JOURNAL BOX. THIS IS A METAL HOUSING ENCLOSING THE JOURNAL BEARING (WHICH SUPPORTS THE LOAD), THE JOURNAL PORTION OF THE AXLE UPON WHICH THE BEARING RESTS, & THE WEDGE, & CONTAINING THE OIL & PACKING FOR LUBRICATING THE JOURNAL. - Technical
-
A SPECIALIZED METHOD OF LUBRICATION USED IN JOURNAL BOXES INSTEAD OF DEPENDING UPON THE ORDINARY FORM OF WASTE PACKING IN WHICH A MIXTURE OF COTTON OR WOOL & VEGETABLE FIBRE IS SATURATED WITH LUBRICATING OIL & PLACED IN THE JOURNAL BOX SO THAT IT COMES INTO CONTACT WITH THE LOWER HALF OF THE JOURNAL. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RAISED `CN' ON SIDE & `GWS/ QUALITY' LOGO ON UNDERSIDE
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- GALVANIZED METAL CAN WITH RED PAINTED SCREW TOPS/ BLACK WOOD
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Steel Wares Ltd., Oiler, after 1961, Artifact no. 1967.1259, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1967.1259.001/
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