General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

10

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

BRASS

Dimensions

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

Length

4.3 cm

Width

3.6 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Railway Transportation

Category

Services

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

ROBBINS

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Boston

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

SOMETIME BETWEEN 1869 AND 1894 WHEN THE W& A RAILWAY EXISTED [REF 1]

Canada

EXAMPLE OF TAGS FROM A CANADIAN RAILWAY COMPANY THAT EXISTED AS THE WINDSOR AND ANNAPOLIS RAILWAY BETWEEN 1869 AND 1894.

Function

USED TO KEEP TRACK OF BAGGAGE OR MAIL TRANSPORTED BY TRAIN.

Technical

TAGS WERE USED SO THAT THE NUMBER ON THE TAG AFFIXED TO THE BAGGAGE OR MAIL BAGS COULD BE CROSS-REFERENCED TO THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER IN THE RAILWAY'S ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND THE ITEM BEING TRANSPORTED COULD BE TRACKED. THE W.A.R. BECAME THE DOMINION ATLANTIC RAILWAY IN 1894. [REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ALL HAVE "J. ROBBINS, BOSTON' STAMPED AT THE VERY TOP/ STAMPED: .1 HALIFAX/ AND/ BRIDGETOWN/ 4415/ VIA W.&A. RY.'/ .2 'HALIFAX/ AND/ WINDSOR/ 4075/ VIA W.&A. RY.'/ .3 'BOSTON/ AND/ W.&A. RY./ 3321/ VIA/ YARMOUTH'/ .4 'BOSTON/ AND/ HALIFAX/ 2485/ ANNAPOLIS LINE/ VIA NSSSCO./ (LIMITED)/ W&A RY'/ .5 'N.S.S.S.CO/ (LIMITED)/ W. & A. RY./ 3629/ VIA ANNAPOLIS/ LINE'/ .6 'N.S.S.S.CO/ (LIMITED)/ AND/ W.& A. RY./ 3082/ VIA ANNAPOLIS/ LINE'/ .7 ‘HALIFAX TO/ ANNAPOLIS/ VIA W.& A. RY./ 4468'/ [ON OBVERSE] 4468/ ANNAPOLIS TO / HALIFAX/ VIA W. & A. RY'/ .8 ‘BOSTON TO/ KENTVILLE/ ANNAPOLIS LINE/ VIA N.S.S.S.CO../ (LIMITED)/ W.& A. RY./ 2655/ [ON OBVERSE] ANNAPOLIS LINE/ 2655/ KENTVILLE TO/ BOSTON/ VIA W. & A. RY./ & N.S.S.S.CO./ (LIMITED)'/ .9 ‘BOSTON TO/ WOLFVILLE/ ANNAPOLIS LINE/ VIA N.S.S.S.CO./ (LIMITED)/ W. & A. RY./ 2716/ [ON OBVERSE] ANNAPOLIS LINE/ 2716/ WOLFVILLE TO/ BOSTON/ VIA W. & A. CO./ (LIMITED)'/ .10 ‘BOSTON TO/ HANTSPORT/ ANNAPOLIS LINE/ VIA N.S.S.S.CO./ (LIMITED)/ W. & A. RY./ 2969/ [ON OBVERSE] ANNAPOLIS LINE/ 2969/ HANTSPORT TO/ BOSTON/ VIA W.& A. RY./ & N.S.S.S.CO./ (LIMITED)'

Missing

N/A

Finish

ONE SLOT AT TOP

Decoration

N/A