Rail guide model, vehicle
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- OBJECT TYPE
- patent
- DATE
- 1933
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1993.0171.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MACKINNON, K.L.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Kingston, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- patent model
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- FERROUS METAL TRUCK BODY & PARTS/ NON-FERROUS METAL PARTS/ RUBBER TIRES/ WOOD WHEELS/ FERROUS METAL RAILS/ WOOD & METAL EXTRA PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 26.5 cm
- Width
- 10.3 cm
- Height
- 10.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Models
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MACKINNON
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Kingston
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C.1933
- Canada
-
K.L. MACKINNON, RETIRED SOLDIER OF KINGSTON, ONT., DEVELOPED & PATENTED A ROTARY VALVE(1929-SEE 930172) & A VEHICLE RAIL GUIDE MECHANISM (1934). HE TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY IN THE EARLY 1930'S TO INTEREST CANADIAN & AMERICAN MFRS. IN BOTH DEVICES. IN 1934 HE TRANSFERRED 8/10TH OF HIS RIGHTS TO BOTH PATENTS TO HIS SONS, LACHLAN & DEITH ABBOT MACKINNON (DONOR), BOTH OF OTTAWA. - Function
-
A MODEL TRUCK ADAPTED TO HAVE MECHANISMS ON THE FRONT & BACK AXLES TO ALLOW IT TO TRAVEL ON RAILS, USED TO DEOMONSTRATE THIS TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION - Technical
-
REPRESENTS AN INDIVICUAL CANADIAN'S ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP & MARKET AN INNOVATION IN RAIL & MOTOR VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY. THIS EFFORT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL BUT LATER A RAIL AUTOMOBILE WAS DEVELOPED BY MODIFYING A 1958 PONTIAC SAFARI CHIEFTAIN STATION WAGON; A HY-RAIL MECHANISM WAS ADDED BY FAIRMONT RAILWAY MOTORS & THE CAR WAS USED FOR RAIL INSPECTIONS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- TRUCK PAINTED ORANGE ENAMEL/ RAIL ADAPTER MECHANISM PAINTED BLACK ENAMEL/ RED PAINTED WHEELS/ WHITE? TIRES/ BLACK PAINTED & PLATED RAILS
- Decoration
- N/A
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MACKINNON, K.L., Rail guide model, vehicle, circa 1933, Artifact no. 1993.0171, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1993.0171.001/
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