Horn, locomotive
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DIESEL/COMPRESSED AIR
- DATE
- 1955
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0150.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- NATHAN AIR CHIME M3H
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 2319 [.1]
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- 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
- 45.0 cm
- Width
- 48.5 cm
- Height
- 26.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Motive power
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THESE ONES PROBABLY FIRST USED IN THE 1970S
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF DIESEL HORNS USED IN CANADA BY THE CPR. WERE MADE AND DISTRIBUTED BY A CANADIAN COMPANY. - Function
-
USED TO EMIT A WARNING TO THE PUBLIC THAT A LOCOMOTIVE IS PASSING. - Technical
-
THE NATHAN AIR CHIME WAS DEVELOPED & DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FOR DIESEL POWER LOCOMOTIVES THE PLEASING, TRADITIONAL SOUND OF A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE WHISTLE. THERE WAS A NEED FOR AN AIR-BLOWN SIGNALING DEVICE WHICH EMITS A WARNING RECOGNIZED & RESPECTED BY THE PUBLIC. [REF 1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 ON PLATE: 'AIR CHIME LOCOMOTIVE HORN/ SOLD AND SERVICED IN CANADA EXCLUSIVELY BY/ THE HOLDEN CO. LTD./ MONCTON TORONTO MONTREAL WINNIPEG VANCOUVER/ SER. 2319 MODEL M3H/ MANUFACTURED IN CANADA UNDER ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING NATHAN PATENTS/ US 2502354 US 2638070 US 2658470, CAN 488420 OTHER PATS [?]'/ MOLDED IN HORNS: 'AIRCHIME' 'N/ 1' 'N/ 4' 'N/ 2'/ MOLDED IN BASE: 'NATHAN PAT PEND'/.2 SAME AS.1 EXCEPT: 'SER. 3000'
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- BOTH PAINTED GLOSS REDDISH-ORANGE PAINT;.2 BADLY SOILED WITH BLACK GREASE SOAPPEARS TO BE BLACK
- Decoration
- 'AIRCHIME' MOLDED INTO THE EDGE OF EACH HORN
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Unknown Manufacturer, Horn, locomotive, after 1955, Artifact no. 1998.0150, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1998.0150.001/
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