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- Date
- 1883 – 1887
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.08.1001 a-f
- Description
- Old, rusty railroad spikes from Roger's Pass. (a-c) 25.1x2.5, long, flat point, flattened round head (d) 15.1x3.8, thick, pointed, head protrudes to one side, domed (e) 10.0x2.9, short, flat point, head protrudes to one side, flat (f) 20.5x2.0, long, narrow, flat point, pounded dome head.
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- Title
- Railroad Spike
- Date
- 1883 – 1887
- Material
- metal
- Description
- Old, rusty railroad spikes from Roger's Pass. (a-c) 25.1x2.5, long, flat point, flattened round head (d) 15.1x3.8, thick, pointed, head protrudes to one side, domed (e) 10.0x2.9, short, flat point, head protrudes to one side, flat (f) 20.5x2.0, long, narrow, flat point, pounded dome head.
- Credit
- Gift of Rhoda Rouse, Calgary, 1967
- Catalogue Number
- 106.08.1001 a-f
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Railroad Spike
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.08.1002
- Date
- 1884 – 1887
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.08.1002
- Description
- Long, rusted, flat pointed railroad spike, pounded dome head.
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- Title
- Railroad Spike
- Date
- 1884 – 1887
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 25.1 cm
- Description
- Long, rusted, flat pointed railroad spike, pounded dome head.
- Credit
- Gift of A. Scovil Murray, Calgary, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- 106.08.1002
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- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.08.1003
- Description
- Long, iron spike, flattened head. Round iron bar, flat point on end 5.0 long, flattened head 3.3 diameter. A wire is twisted around spike for hanging.
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- Title
- Spike
- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 66.5 cm
- Description
- Long, iron spike, flattened head. Round iron bar, flat point on end 5.0 long, flattened head 3.3 diameter. A wire is twisted around spike for hanging.
- Credit
- Gift of A. Scovil Murray, Calgary, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- 106.08.1003
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Switch; Railroad Lantern
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.05.1021
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.1021
- Description
- A component of a switch lantern used on the railroad. It is a black metal sliding panel that, when lifted out, would have given access to the light source at the interior of the lantern. The top of the panel contains a horizontal lip that acts as a handle for sliding the panel out of the lantern. I…
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- Title
- Switch; Railroad Lantern
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; plastic
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 13.0 x 22.0 cm
- Description
- A component of a switch lantern used on the railroad. It is a black metal sliding panel that, when lifted out, would have given access to the light source at the interior of the lantern. The top of the panel contains a horizontal lip that acts as a handle for sliding the panel out of the lantern. In the centre of this panel is a circular, convex light cover that is made out of plastic. It is translucent and red in colour so that the light emitted by the lantern would be red in colour. Above this light cover there is raised text that reads: "CPR"; and below this light cover there is raised text that reads: "PIPER MONTREAL".
- Subject
- Nicholas Morant
- railroad
- CPR
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.1021
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- Date
- 1883
- Material
- metal; wood; plastic; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1021
- Description
- Short length of railway track mounted on wood base. The length of track (81.5) is mounted on a brown, finished, wooden base with a flat, black, plastic plaque in front, "A section of the original Canadian Pacific Transcontinental main line rail of 1883". Track has been sliced off at each end and se…
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- Title
- Track Section
- Date
- 1883
- Material
- metal; wood; plastic; fibre
- Dimensions
- 81.5 cm
- Description
- Short length of railway track mounted on wood base. The length of track (81.5) is mounted on a brown, finished, wooden base with a flat, black, plastic plaque in front, "A section of the original Canadian Pacific Transcontinental main line rail of 1883". Track has been sliced off at each end and securely mounted. Cast into side of rail is"CPR.Steel.Krupp.1883.". Rail has been cleaned but shows definite signs of usewith heavy gouge lines along one edge of top and pitting on the sides, theboard is lined with green felt underneath.
- Credit
- Gift of Canadian Pacific Hotels, Calgary, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1021
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