Journal bearing (locomotive fragment), ca. 1939

Name/Title

Journal bearing (locomotive fragment), ca. 1939

Entry/Object ID

2017.21

Description

Steel Plate from a locomotive Cast iron Bears Canadian patent number for patent filed in 1939 and issued in 1940. H: 2 3/8 in.; outside w: 7 ¾ in., l: 9 1/2 in. Inscribed on front: "CAN. PAT. / 389916" Flange proper right: "C (circle)" Proper left, "AAR 5 ½ X 10" Proper right, "43 MB"

Acquisition

Accession

2017.21

Source or Donor

Unknown

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Anonymous gift

Provenance

Notes

Provenance: found in collection. Allegedly thought to have been discovered underwater by amateur underwater archaeologist. Deposited at DPC at unknown date.