Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

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Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

2

Ou

S/O

Brevets

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Description générale

ALL WOOD CONSTRUCTION; SOME METAL NAILS VISIBLE IN BASE OF.1

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

94,0 cm

Largeur

30,0 cm

Hauteur

28,5 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

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Diamètre

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Volume

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Lexique

Groupe

Transports ferroviaires

Catégorie

Maquettes

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

SHORTILL

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Ville

Markdale

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Période

THIS MODEL WAS MADE BY MR. WM. J. SHORTILL C. 1891; THE DESIGN APPEARS NOT TO HAVE BEENPRODUCED/USED.

Canada

MODEL OF RAILAY CAR COUPLING MECHANISM, BUILT IN 1889 BY IT'S INVENTOR, MR. WILLIAM JAMES SHORTILL (1866-1918) OF MARKDALE, ONT. A CANADIAN PATENT FOR THIS DESIGN WAS APPLIED FOR IN 1889, AND ISSUED IN 1891. THE COUPLING DEVICE WAS NEVER PRODUCED.

Fonction

TO DEMONSTRATE VISUALLY AN IMPROVED DESIGN FOR A RAILWAY CAR COUPLING DEVICE.

Technique

THE TRADITIONAL LINK-AND-PIN COUPLER MECHANISM USED TO JOIN RAILWAYS CARS BEFORE C. 1890 WAS NOT FOOLPROOF, AND COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR RAILWAY CREWS. MR. SHORTILL'S IMPROVED DEVICE ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM OF HOW TO COUPLE CARS WHICH WERE NOT EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME STYLE OR TYPE OF COUPLING MECHANISM. IT IS ESSENTIALLY AN AUTOMATIC DESIGN THAT WOULD NOT HAVE REQUIRED ANY UNDUE MANIPULATION BY RAILWAY EMPLOYES INVOLVED IN COUPLING CARS. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE DESIGN WAS NEVER EMPLOYED (D. MONAGHAN).

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

" W J SHORTILL'S " inscribed by hand in painted finish of.2

Manque

ONE SMALL PIECE MISSING FROM TOP OF .2, OTHERWISE COMPLETE. ONE [UNPAINTED] COMPONENT OF .2 MAY BE A REPLACEMENT PIECE.

Fini

PAINTED BLACK.

Décoration

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