PLAQUE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date
- 1911
- Materials
- CAST IRON
- No. Pieces
- 3
- Height
- 1.5
- Length
- 46.0
- Width
- 44.5
- Description
- GREEN. RETANGULAR PLAQUES WITH RAISED EMBOSSED BORDER AND LETTERING: "MANITOBA BRIDGE AND IRON WORKS WINNIPEG 1911".
- Subjects
- CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- COMMEMORATIVE
- TRANSPORTATION
- History
- BRIDGE PLAQUES RIVETTED TO 9 STREET (STAFFORD) BRIDGE WHEN BUILT. BRIDGE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROVIDING ACCESS OVER R.R. TRACKS & LINKING NORTH & SOUTH LETHBRIDGE. DEMOLISHED IN 1984 FOLLOWING RAILWAY RELOCATION. THREE OF THE ORIGINAL FOUR PLAQUES WERE SALVAGED FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES.
- Catalogue Number
- P19840030000
- Acquisition Date
- 1984-08
- Collection
- Museum
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