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File:DAR-wheel-03.jpg
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source: KINGS COUNTY MUSEUM
Wheel
ACCESSION NUMBER: 2007.012.030
CATEGORY: Mechanical device
OBJECT SUBTYPE: Lead wheel (Locomotive)
DATE: unknown
MATERIALS: Iron? Steel?
MEASUREMENTS: 15 cm W x 89 cm Diameter
NARRATIVE: This object was found in the spring of 2005 by the firm of Neill & Gunter Ltd., a Design & Consulting Engineer Co. working for the town of Kentville to clean up the former Dominion Atlantic Railway (Canadian Pacific) lands located at the western end of the Town of Kentville. It is part of a large collection of artifacts unearthed near the railway roundhouse and was donated to the museum in the fall of 2005.
DESCRIPTION: Round with eight spokes of two decorative rods per spoke and sixteen bolts with one on each side of each spoke.
HISTORY OF USE: Likely from a locomotive or rail car.
Original owner is Dominion Atlantic Railway (1894 to 1911). Canadian Pacific Railway was the owner after 1911.
Perhaps Locomotive Gabriel No. 13? file:DAR_-_Engine_13_Gabriel_-_Kingsport_-_Possibly_Lee_Boles_Photo_-_Unknown_Date.JPG
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Category:Rolling Stock Parts & Appliances
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