Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Physical Object: Flora MacDonald's prayer book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 26 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Object Number 3274 Prim Media 290 Material silver, wood Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 93 Type The nature or genre of the resource Physical Object Title A name given to the resource Ceremonial spades Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource eulac3d Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. West Highland Museum Date Modified Date on which the resource was changed. 16/12/2020 Description An account of the resource These decorated silver ceremonial spades were used to cut the first sods of local railway lines in the late 19th century. The first spade was used to cut the first sod of the West Highland Line, the 160-mile track from Glasgow to Mallaig. The turf was cut by Lord Abinger, Chairman of the Railway Company, on the 23 October 1889. At the time, the West Highland area was suffering through a lack of transport. In October 1887 the provost of Fort William N. B. MacKenzie mobilised local support for a new railway connection with Glasgow. The British Northern Railway agreed to offer part of the funds, with the British government providing the rest. The second spade is from the cutting of the turf of the Fort Augustus railway by Mrs Edward Ellice on 2 March 1897. This was the route from Spean Bridge via Invergarry to Fort Augustus. This line closed permanently in 1946. The Glasgow to Mallaig route is still operational today and is often heralded as one of the most scenic railway journeys in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Victorian Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1889 & 1897 Subject The topic of the resource Highlands Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.81764061070826,-5.111255049705506; Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT Europeana Data Provider The name or identifier of the organisation that contributes data to Europeana. West Highlands Museum