Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

2

Nombre total de parties

2

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

Metal builder's plate

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

30,4 cm

Largeur

15,1 cm

Hauteur

1,0 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Transports ferroviaires

Catégorie

Divers

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

American Locomotive

Pays

United States of America

État/province

New York

Ville

Schenectady

Contexte

Pays

Inconnu

État/province

Inconnu

Période

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.)

Fonction

Builder's plate

Technique

The builder and locomotive plates in this 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)

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

On proper front of plate: "AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE CO./ GENERAL ELECTRIC CO./ SCHENECTADY, N.Y./ 74480/ JUNE/ 1946"/ In the proper right lower corner is the logo for the American Locomotive Co./ In the proper left lower corner is the logo for the General Electric Co./ There are also some inscriptions on the proper front in ink and possibly pencil

Manque

Appears complete

Fini

Silver coloured metal plate with raised lettering. Metal has a white residue over much of the surface.

Décoration

S/O