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Name |
Jordan Spreader 51041 |
Nomenclature |
Car, Snowplow |
Catalog Number |
RS1998.004.001 |
Description |
The Jordan Spreader is used to disperse track ballast (the crushed stones that support the rails and ties), to remove snow, build banks, clean and dig ditches, and trim embankments of brush along the side of the tracks. Number 51041 was built for CN in 1920 and last worked in Eastern Canada in 1990. The Jordan Spreader is unpowered and needs to be pushed by a helper locomotive. The original ballast spreader and spreader-ditcher were invented by Oswald F. Jordan, a Canadian who was a road master on New York Central's Canada Southern operations in the Niagara region. The first two or three Jordan spreaders are believed to have been built under Jordan's direct supervision in the St. Thomas Canada Southern shop around 1900 which was located immediately to the east of the building which now houses the Museum. After being partially damaged by fire, what was left of the building was razed in 1999. Port Stanley Terminal Rail aquired the Jordan Spreader from CN's Edmunston, New Brunkswick shops in the summer of 1992. PSTR donated it to the ECRM in 1998. |
Date |
1920 |
Material |
Iron/Sheet metal/Glass/Wood |
Status |
On Permanent Display |