Control, horn
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AIR CHIME
- DATE
- 1967
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1079.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Airchime
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PUSH BUTTON, CABLE COVERING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 21.0 cm
- Width
- 9.3 cm
- Height
- 8.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Motive power
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Airchime
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- British Columbia
- City
- Vancouver
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1967
- Canada
-
CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT HORN, USED ON DISCOVERY TRAIN OF 1967 WHICH CROSSED CANADA AS PART OF CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS. - Function
-
CONTROL MECHANISM FOR AIRHORN ON LOCOMOTIVE - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- TWO METALLIC PLATES WITH INCISED BLACK LETTERING READING 'O CANADA/ WHISTLE' ON ONE & 'AIRCHIME/ VANCOUVER CANADA'/ INCISED 'A-B' ON BUTTON
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- SUEDE GREY PAINTED CASING/ METALLIC PARTS/ GREEN BUTTON/ BLACK CABLE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Airchime, Control, horn, before 1967, Artifact no. 1992.1079, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1992.1079.001/
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