Plate, builder's
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PASSENGER CAR/FLOOR
- DATE
- 1909–1912
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1975.0479.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SILLIKER CAR CO.
- MODEL
- SILLIKER CAR CO.
- LOCATION
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST BRASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 11.4 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SILLIKER
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Nova Scotia
- City
- Halifax
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Nova Scotia
- Period
- WOULD HAVE BEEN USED SOMETIME BETWEEN 1909 AND 1915 WHEN THE COMPANY EXISTED
- Canada
-
PLATE IS FROM THE SILLIKER CAR CO. OF HALIFAX WHICH WAS STARTED IN 1909 BY ELMORE AND CLARENCE SILLIKER, REAL ESTATE & LUMBER DEALERS OF AMHERST, N.S. THEY BUILT FREIGHT CARS AND PASSENGER CARS FOR THE INTERCOLONIAL, CN, CP AND FOR CANADIAN NORTHERN. IT WAS SOLD IN 1912 & BECAME THE NOVA SCOTIA CAR WORKS. [REF 1] - Function
-
USED TO IDENTIFY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE PARTICULAR CAR IT IS AFFIXED TO. PLATE WAS AFFIXED TO THE FLOOR OF THE CAR. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MOLDED IN PLATE: 'SILLIKER CAR CO HALIFAX'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- POLISHED
- Decoration
- N/A
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