Signal, railroad
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BLOCK/UPPER QUADRANT/AUTOMATIC
- DATE
- 1915
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0881.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Railway Signal Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Rochester, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 16232
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 8
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALL METAL SAVE INSULATED COVERING ON ELECTRICAL CORDS JOINING CONTROL BOX TO ARMS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 780.0 cm
- Width
- 126.0 cm
- Height
- 55.0 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
- GENERAL RAILWAY
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Rochester
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
THIS TYPE OF RAILWAY SIGNAL OR SEMAPHORE USED ON CANADIAN RAILWAYS. (REF. 1) - Function
-
TO GIVE VISUAL INDICATIONS TO THE LOCOMOTIVE DRIVER AS TO THE SECURE ACCESS OF A PARTICULAR SEGMENT OF THE RAILWAY LINE. - Technical
-
WITH TIME, AS TRAFFIC ON RAILWAY LINES INCREASED, IT BECAME NECESSARY T DIVIDE THE TRACKS INTO BLOCKS: INSTEAD OF TIME, TRAIN SEPARATION WAS REGULATED BY SPACE INTERVAL. DURING THE DAY, THE POSITION OF THE BLADE IS USED TO CONVEY INFO.; AT NIGHT, COLOURED LIGHTS ARE USED. (REF. 1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Following text cast on control box: "GENERAL RAILWAY SIGNAL CO./ ROCHESTER, N.Y./ U.S.A./ SERIAL NO. 16232/ PAT. JUNE 28-1910/ PAT. MARCH 5-1912/ PAT. MARCH 25-1913/ PAT. SEPT. 20-1913/ PAT. FEB. 9-1915/ G0803XD". Locking device on box marked "RA CO". Various components bear model or casting numbers.
- Missing
- NEITHER SIGNAL IS COMPLETE: SPECIFIC MISSING PARTS ARE UNKNOWN.
- Finish
- PAINTED SILVER (ALL AREAS NOW BADLY RUSTED).
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Railway Signal Co., Signal, railroad, after 1915, Artifact no. 1966.0881, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1966.0881.001/
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