Nail, tie dating
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TIE DATING
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0068.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- CN
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- IRON OR STEEL; ORIGINALLY ZINC COATED.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 4.3 cm
- Width
- 1.5 cm
- Height
- 1.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Operations
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS NAIL USED IN 1940-1999; TIE DATING NAILS USED C. 1930S+, AND POSSIBLY EARLIER.
- Canada
-
RAILWAY TIES WERE AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF RAILWAY ENGINEERING, AND AN INDUSTRY UNTO THEMSELVES. IN CANADA, PRIOR TO 1950, CN REPLACED AN AVERAGE OF 5,000 TIES PER YEAR ON ITS SYSTEM. - Function
-
TO PROVIDE DATING MECHANISM FOR MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENT OF TREATED RAIL TIES. - Technical
-
A TIE DATING NAIL IS AN INTERESTING EXAMPLE OF THE METICULOUS PLANNING THAT WENT INTO RAILWAY ORGANIZATION AND ENGINEERING. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- " 40 " cast in raised print on nail head.
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- NATURAL FINISH
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Nail, tie dating, before 1940, Artifact no. 1999.0068, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1999.0068.001/
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