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- OBJECT TYPE
- TRACK LAYING
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1973.0088.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 16
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- MADE OF 2 PIECES OF IRON PIVOTED BY A PIN JUST BEHIND THE JAWS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Operations
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Unknown - Function
-
USED FOR CARRYING RAILS BY MEANS OF A MAN HOLDING EACH HANDLE CAUSING THE JAWS TO LATCH ON FIRMLY ON THE 'T' OF THE RAIL - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON SOME 'MT CO.' VERY LIGHTLY STAMPED
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- DISTANCE FROM PIN TO ARM IS APPR. 7" X 11"/ THE HANDLE THEN BENDS PERPENDICULARLY TO LONG CARRYING ARMS FROM 18" X 29" EACH/ THE JAWS ARE FROM 1-1/4" TO 2" WIDE AND WILL OPEN FROM 4-1/2" TO 9"/ ALL ARE RUSTY, BUT WORKABLE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Tongs, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1973.0088, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1973.0088.001/
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