Marker, survey

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OBJECT TYPE: POST/WOOD/BOUNDARY/RESERVE
DATE: 1877
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1973.0796.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
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: SPRUCE POST SECURED TO WOOD DISPLAY BOARD BY COPPER STRAPS & METAL SCREWS

Dimensions

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

Length: 183.0 cm
Width: 20.3 cm
Height: 10.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Exploration and Survey
Category: Landmarks
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Manitoba
Period: 1877-1963
Canada: JOHN L. POWER O'HANLY CONSIDERED PIONEER IN SURVEYING OF IND. RESERVES. HIS SURVEY OF THIS RESERVE ORIGINALLY MET WITH OPPOSITION FROM NATIVES, WHO REJECTED SITE AND ALLOTMENT OF 160 ACRES FOR EACH FAMILY OF FIVE AS INADEQUATE. O'HANLEY COMPLETED BOUNDARY SURVEYOF RESERVE AUG.17, 1877 (REF.2 P.281)
Function: TO IDENTIFY PRECISE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF SPECIFIC SITE, AS DETERIMINED BY SURVEYOR
Technical: SPRUCE POST, TYPICAL OF PERIOD IN WHICH IT WAS PLANTED, IS EXCEPTIONALLY WELL PRESERVED DUE TO CONTINUOUSLY WET GROUND CONDITIONS IN WHICH IT WAS PLACED. PART OF CDN LANDMARKS COLLECTION, EST'D IN 1952 BY R.W. CLARK, D.L.S. THESE MARKERS SPAN OVER 200 YRS. OF CDN SURVEYING & INCLUDE ITEMS FROM EVERY PROVINCE & TERRITORY EXCEPT NFLD.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NONE ON POST/ `118 ' HANDWRITTEN N BLACK MARKER ON BOARD BACK
Missing: SOME SMALL AREAS OF LOSS ON POST TOP & SHAFT DUE TO DAMAGE From CA of 02/18/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Marker, survey, 1877, Artifact no. 1973.0796, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1973.0796.001/

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