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OBJECT TYPE: STEAM/SINGLE FRAME
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1983.0676.001

MANUFACTURER: NILES-BEMENT-POND CO.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 3659R
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 4
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL

Dimensions

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

Length: 113.0 cm
Width: 73.0 cm
Height: 234.0 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: NILES
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Nova Scotia
Period: Unknown
Canada: PART OF THE EQUIPMENT FROM THE LAST OPERATIONAL STEAM LOCOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP IN CANADA
Function: USED TO PRODUCE FORGINGS IN LOCOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOPS/ THIS SIZE HAMMER LIKELY USED FOR LIGHT FORGINGS
Technical: THE USE OF STEAM HAMMERS HELPED TO INCREASE THE ECONOMICAL PRODUCTION OF FORGINGS INLOCOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOPS IN THE EARLY PART OF THE 20TH CENTURY
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PLATE 'SUPPLIED BY/ THE/ CANADIAN FAIRBANKS CO./ LIMITED/ MONTREAL, ST. JOHN, N.B./ TORONTO WINNEPEG CALGARY/ [?] VANCOU[VER]'/ ALSO MK'D 'NILES BEMENT POND CO./ NEW YORK/ BEMENT NO.3659R'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLACK FINISH, VERY DIRTY; SOME REMAINS OF RED PAINT ON PIPE END, HANDLES, BOLTS
Decoration: N/A

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NILES-BEMENT-POND CO., Hammer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1983.0676, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1983.0676.001/

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