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- OBJECT TYPE
- IRON-STEEL/FULLY RIGGED SHIP/SAIL
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0243.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- LITTLE SISTERS
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN HULL, DECK, MASTS/ FIBRE RIGGING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 152.0 cm
- Width
- 40.0 cm
- Height
- 95.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Models
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
THE LITTLE SISTERS WAS THE LAST AND LARGEST TYPE OF SQUARE RIGGED SAILING SHIP. IT WAS UNIQUE IN THAT ITS HULL, MASTS, SPARS AND RIGGING WERE MADE OF IRON AND STEEL, WHEREAS MOST SAILING SHIPS OF THIS TYPE WERE WOODEN, OR A COMBINATION OF WOOD AND IRON. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- WHITE ON BLUE PLATE ON STERN READS: 'LITTLE SISTERS - LONDON'/ ON BOTH SIDES OF BOW IS: 'LITTLE SISTERS'
- Missing
- SAILS?
- Finish
- LOWER HULL PINK, ABOVE IS WHITE THEN A BLACK LINE, NEXT A WHITE LINE WITH BLACK "BOXES", FINAL STRIPE IS BLACK WITH WOOD RAIL/ FINISHED WOOD DECK/ LOWER MASTS & SPARS WHITE, UPPER MASTS LIGHT BLUE/ 5 LIFEBOATS ON DECK, 2 WITH GREY COVERS
- Decoration
- FIGUREHEAD DEPICTS TWO FEMALE FIGURES, ONE IN WHITE DRESS, ONE IN BLUE/ FLORAL PANELS ALONG INSIDE RAIL
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Unknown Manufacturer, Ship model, after 1950, Artifact no. 1976.0243, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1976.0243.001/
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