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- OBJECT TYPE
- redeemable/railway
- DATE
- 1847
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0033.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Montreal & Lachine Railroad Co. Third Class
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, POSSIBLY COPPER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 3.5 cm
- 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
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- POST 1847
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF TOKEN FROM AN EARLY RAIL LINE IN CANADA - Function
-
USED IN PLACE OF A TICKET TO ALLOW BEARER TO TAKE A SPECIFIED TRIP ON THE RAILWAY - Technical
-
PAYMENT METHOD DEVELOPED WHICH ALLOWED COMPANY TO LET CUSTOMERS PRE PAY FOR SERVICES AND CONTROL WHERE CASH TRANSACTIONS WERE PERFORMED - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ALL MARKINGS RAISED/ FRONT FACE: AROUND EDGE - "MONTREAL & LACHINE RAILROAD COMPANY"; CENTRE - IMAGE OF A LOCOMOTIVE/ REVERSE FACE: AROUND TOP HALF - "THIRD CLASS"; BOTTOM HALF & CENTRE - IMAGE OF A BEAVER W. POND & TREE
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Token, after 1847, Artifact no. 1968.0033, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1968.0033.001/
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