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The Victoria Bridge Medal

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Item

Date:

n.d.

Type of material:

Objects (including medals and pins)

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2854074

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National Medal Collection

The Victoria Bridge Medal
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

n.d.

Place:

Canada

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 medal / médaille : white metal ; 040.72 gr
Support 0.000 x mm

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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: obverse: THE VICTORIA BRIDGE MEDAL / THE VICTORIA BRIDGE, MONTREAL. / THE GREATEST WORK OF / ENGINEERING SKILL / IN THE WORLD. / PUBLICLY INAUGURATED / AND OPENED IN / 1860. / GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY OF CANADA / ROSS / STEPHENSON / CONCORDIA SALUS, Inscription: reverse: THE VICTORIA BRIDGE / CONSISTS OF 23 SPANS / 242 FT. EACH / AND 1 IN CENTRE 330 FT. / WITH A LONG ABUTMENT / ON EACH BANK OF THE RIVER / THE TUBES ARE IRON / 22 FT. HIGH, 16 FT. WIDE / AND WEIGH 6,000 TNS. / SUPPORTED ON 24 PIERS / CONTAINING 250,000 TNS. OF STONE / MEASURING 3,000,000 CUBIC FEET / EXTREME LENGTH. 2 MILES / COST $ 7,000,000 / DIEU ET MON DROIT / QUEEN VICTORIA / PRINCE ALBERT / PRINCE OF WALES / ICH / DIEN / A. HOFFNUNG / MONTREAL, Inscription: edge: no inscription, Inscription: attachment: no attachment

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C-111547 : obverse
C-111552 : reverse
Subject heading:

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commemoration

architecture portrait
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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1986-079 X PIC
04224
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Medals 4224

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C-111547;

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C-111552;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1986-79-4224

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