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OBJECT TYPE: Conductor's/metal
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.0445.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Michigan Central Railroad New York Central Lines
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: non-ferrous metal

Dimensions

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

Length: 18.0 cm
Width: 12.5 cm
Height: 1.4 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: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: An item from the collection of Mr Andrew Merrilees acquired between the 1950’s and his death in 1979. Mr. Merrilees was a noted collector of early railway and transportation material and was particularly interested in pre-1920 photography. The majority of Mr.Merrilees’ collection was sent to the National Archives circa 1980, his printed material to the National Library and the Ontario Archives. The material in this donation was retained by Andrew Merrilees Ltd., currently owned by Dr. Robert Stewart (Acquisition proposal for AK0114 archival material by D.Monaghan, in Supp. Info.).
Function: Attached to a conductor's uniform to indicate that he was an employee of the railroad.
Technical: An example of a conductor's badge from the Michigan Central Railroad. The Michigan Central Railroad began in 1852 and was headquartered in Boston. It operated in the states of Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois in the United States, and the province of Ontario in Canada. In the 1860's it became a subsidiary of the New York Central Railroad and was formerly merged into the NYC in the 1950s. The NYC became part of Penn Central and then Conrail (Refs. 1-2).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: raised lettering on front top and bottom read 'M.C.R.R.' and 'CONDUCTOR'/ gold lettering on blue area reads 'NEW YORK/ CENTRAL/ LINES'
Missing: appears complete
Finish: painted gold and blue
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Badge, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2004.0445, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2004.0445.001/

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