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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1890
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0891.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Unknown

Dimensions

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

Length: 194.0 cm
Width: 85.0 cm
Height: 8.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Non-motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Animal powered
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Canada
State/Province: Newfoundland and Labrador
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Newfoundland and Labrador
Period: C. 1890+
Canada: A VERY IMPORTANT MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IN NEWFOUNDLAND. A CANADIAN DESIGNED SLEIGH, DEVELOPED & USED IN NFLD, UNIQUE TO THAT COLONY/PROVINCE & DESIGNED TO MEET LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL & TOPOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS (HEAVY SNOW & ROUGH ROADS).
Function: A WINTER PERSONAL TRANSPORT VEHICLE FOR 4 PASSENGERS.
Technical: APPARENTLY PASSENGERS WERE SEATED SIDEWAYS IN SIDE SLEIGHS BECAUSE OF ROUGH NFLD ROADS; IF SLEIGHTIPPED OVER PASSENGERS COULD LEAP TO SAFETY. SLEIGHS WERE MODELLED AFTER IRISH VENDOR'S WAGONS. SIDE SLEIGH WAS DEVELOPED IN 1880'S IN NEWFOUNDLAND FROM SIMPLE CATAMARAN SLEIGH (SEE SUPP.INFO. FILE 670198).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: N/A
Finish: Back quarter painted red, the rest unfinished wood.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Shaft, after 1890, Artifact no. 1978.0891, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1978.0891.002/

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