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Accession # |
1991.23.19 |
Item Name |
Template, Curve |
Description |
One of seventeen wooden curves. Flat, thin wood, each curved to a different degree. Roman numerals pressed into back "XXVIII/XXVII". |
Date |
1850-1870 |
Provenance |
Used in Frank Shanly's drafting office. Survey equipment belonged to civil engineer Frank Shanly who built the Grand Trunk Railway through Guelph in the 1850s. Frank Shanly (1820-1882) and his brother Walter were well known engineers from Toronto.See archival files for more information. See Daylight Through The Mountain: The Life and Letters of Walter and Francis Shanly by Frank Walker, 1957 (Engineering Institute of Canada) See History of Guelph by Leo Johnston See The Dictionary of Canadian Biography Vol XI, P.817-819 |
Person \ Organization |
Grand Trunk Railway Shanly, Frank |
Place |
Guelph |
Year Range from |
1850 |
Year Range to |
1870 |