Horn, locomotive

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OBJECT TYPE: DIESEL/COMPRESSED AIR
DATE: 1955
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0150.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: NATHAN AIR CHIME M3H
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 2319 [.1]
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL

Dimensions

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

Length: 45.0 cm
Width: 48.5 cm
Height: 26.0 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: Unknown
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THESE ONES PROBABLY FIRST USED IN THE 1970S
Canada: TYPE SAMPLE OF DIESEL HORNS USED IN CANADA BY THE CPR. WERE MADE AND DISTRIBUTED BY A CANADIAN COMPANY.
Function: USED TO EMIT A WARNING TO THE PUBLIC THAT A LOCOMOTIVE IS PASSING.
Technical: THE NATHAN AIR CHIME WAS DEVELOPED & DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FOR DIESEL POWER LOCOMOTIVES THE PLEASING, TRADITIONAL SOUND OF A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE WHISTLE. THERE WAS A NEED FOR AN AIR-BLOWN SIGNALING DEVICE WHICH EMITS A WARNING RECOGNIZED & RESPECTED BY THE PUBLIC. [REF 1]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 ON PLATE: 'AIR CHIME LOCOMOTIVE HORN/ SOLD AND SERVICED IN CANADA EXCLUSIVELY BY/ THE HOLDEN CO. LTD./ MONCTON TORONTO MONTREAL WINNIPEG VANCOUVER/ SER. 2319 MODEL M3H/ MANUFACTURED IN CANADA UNDER ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING NATHAN PATENTS/ US 2502354 US 2638070 US 2658470, CAN 488420 OTHER PATS [?]'/ MOLDED IN HORNS: 'AIRCHIME' 'N/ 1' 'N/ 4' 'N/ 2'/ MOLDED IN BASE: 'NATHAN PAT PEND'/.2 SAME AS.1 EXCEPT: 'SER. 3000'
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: BOTH PAINTED GLOSS REDDISH-ORANGE PAINT;.2 BADLY SOILED WITH BLACK GREASE SOAPPEARS TO BE BLACK
Decoration: 'AIRCHIME' MOLDED INTO THE EDGE OF EACH HORN

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Unknown Manufacturer, Horn, locomotive, after 1955, Artifact no. 1998.0150, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1998.0150.001/

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