Order, train

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OBJECT TYPE: TELEGRAPH
DATE: 1882
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1974.0096.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY
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: PAPER/ INK

Dimensions

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

Length: 20.5 cm
Width: 14.2 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Railway Transportation
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1880S
Canada: EXAMPLE OF A TRAIN ORDER SENT BY TELEGRAPH BY AN EMPLOYEE OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY CO., AN EARLY IMPORTANT CANADIAN RAILWAY CO.
Function: USED TO PROVIDE FOR TRAIN MOVEMENTS NOT PROVIDED FOR BY THE TIMETABLE; IN THIS CASE THE MEETING OF A TRAIN FROM ELORA
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTING INCLUDES: 'Conductors to 32 Order/ on this line./ G. 151/ ENGINE DRIVER'S COPY./ GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. - TELEGRAPHIC TRAIN ORDER.'/ HANDWRITING INCLUDES: '32 Halfpenny & Miller/ [from] Palmerston [to conductor]/ [and engine driver] Miller [of train no.] 38/ North Guelph [station] Mch 21 [18]82/ Meet No 11 Eleven/ @ Elora avoiding/ other regulors to/ 10:12 am Palmerston'
Missing: N/A
Finish: WHITE PAPER WITH BLACK & RED INK; FRAGILE. NOT FOLDED AT ALL
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Order, train, 1882, Artifact no. 1974.0096, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1974.0096.001/

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