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OBJECT TYPE: ICE BREAKER/BOW SECTION/MOTOR
DATE: 1984–1994
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0434.001

MANUFACTURER: NRC
MODEL: UNNAMED/CANADIAN
LOCATION: St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOODEN INNER HULL COVERED WITH POLYURETHANE FOAM OVER-COATED WITH GLASS-REINFORCED POLYESTER RESIN/ FINAL SURFACE COATING IS TWO COMPONENT EPOXY PAINT MIXED WITH A FLATTENING AGENT (INFO. IS FROM AN NRC TEST REPORT - SEE ACQUISITION PROPOSAL IN SUPP. INF., P.3)

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 290.0 cm
Width: 248.0 cm
Height: 124.0 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: NRC
Country: Canada
State/Province: Newfoundland & Labrador
City: St. John's

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Newfoundland and Labrador
Period: USED IN 1980'S & POSSIBLY EARLY 1990'S
Canada: THIS MODEL DEVELOPED & USED AT THE IMD, A STATE-OF-THE-ART CANADIAN FACILITY THAT CAN PROVIDE A FULL RANGE OF SERVICES IN NAVAL ARCHITECTURE & OCEANENGINEERING FOR CANADIAN & FOREIGN CLIENTS & WHICH FEATURES (AS OF EARLY 1990'S) THE LARGEST ICE TANK IN WORLD/ CANADA HAS INT'NAT. REPUTATION FOR INNOVATIVE ICEBREAKER DESIGN
Function: USED TO TEST A HULL DESIGN FOR ICE BREAKING SHIPS
Technical: PT OF LARGEST ICE-TANK TOWING MODEL EVER BUILT (UP TO 1994) BY IMD/ HULL FORM REPRESENTED BY THIS MODEL DEVELOPED 1987 BY IMD & CAN. COAST GUARD FOR R-CLASS/TYPE 1200 ICEBREAKERS/ 4 OF THIS TYPE NOW (1994) OPERATING IN CAN. COAST GUARD & THIS HULL FORM WAS IMPORTANT IN DEVELOPMENT OF SOME U.S. COAST GUARD ICEBREAKERS
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ALONG ONE EDGE, AT INTERVALS, '10 9 8'
Missing: N/A
Finish: PAINTED YELLOW ON OUTSIDE, INSIDE & CUT EDGE UNFINISHED WOOD
Decoration: N/A

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NRC, Ship model, between 1984–1994, Artifact no. 1994.0434, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0434.001/

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