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.