General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

16

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CAST IRON & OTHER METALS/ RUBBER GASKETS/ WOOD PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

3.6 m

Width

N/A

Height

7.5 m

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Railway Transportation

Category

Operations

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MCAVITY

Country

Canada

State/Province

New Brunswick

City

St. John

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

New Brunswick

Period

C.1929 TO C.1960

Canada

A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT USED BY CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS IN CANADA. IT WAS ONE OF TWO METHODS OF WATER DELIVERY TO A LOCOMOTIVE USED IN CANADA, THE OTHER BEING THE WATER TOWER OR TANK. THE STANDPIPE WAS FOUND MORE COMMONLY IN SETTLED AREAS OR AT RAILWAY TERMINALS BECAUSE IT RECEIVED ITS SUPPLY FROM A WATER MAIN.

Function

A SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING WATER AT THE TRACKSIDE TO A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TENDER. WATER IS DRAWN FROM A DISTANT TANK, CONTROLLED BY AN UNDERGROUND VALVE. IT FLOWS UP THE PIPE & THROUGH A SPOUT INTO THE TENDER. THE SPOUT CAN BE MOVED VERTICALLY & LATERALLY TO ACCOMODATE LOCOMOTIVES OF DIFFERENT SIZES

Technical

THE ADVANTAGES OF THE STANDPIPE OVER THE WATER TANK WERE THAT IT OCCUPIED LESS PLACE, WAS EASILY OPERATED, & FILLED A TENDER QUICKLY. THE TELESCOPING FENNER DROP SPOUT STANDPIPE APPEARED IN 1904, CONSISTING OF A SPOUT WITH THE UPPER ELBOW TELESCOPING INTO THE SPOUT END FAR ENOUGH TO PREVENT WATER SPLASHING OUT OF THE OPENING. IT ALLOWED A WIDE RANGE OF PERPENDICULAR & LATERAL MOVEMENT.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

CAST `MCAVITY' ON SEVERAL PARTS/ CAST PART NUMBERS ON SEVERAL PARTS

Missing

CAP FROM TOP OF COLUMN

Finish

PRIMARILY BLACK

Decoration

N/A