Track Section
- Object Name:
- Track Section
- Object ID:
- 2004.057
- Date:
- 1866
- Description:
- Railroad track tie plate (or wear plate) from Mount Washington Cog Railway. Rectangular, cast steel. Four square holes for spikes to hold rail in place. Transverse ridge (or shoulder) on one end, to abut rail. Raised cast lettering at end with ridge: "D R CO". 0.5" lip on long sides, 0.2" thick. Very rough casting surface on reverse, with ridges (or flanges) to engage tie.
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- H-0.8 W-6 L-9.6 inches
- Provenance:
- Found by donor along Cog Railway tracks.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Bryant F. Tolles, Jr.
- Subjects:
- Cog railroads, Cog Railway
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