Wheelhouse
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1915
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1971.0689.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Armstrong Whitworth, Sir W.G. & Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, SS/N
- LOCATION
- Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 540.0 cm
- Width
- 423.0 cm
- Height
- 380.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Vessel parts
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Armstrong
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Newcastle-on-Tyne
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1915-1968
- Canada
-
WHEELHOUSE FROM S.S. PEI, DESIGNED & BUILT TO TRANSPORT TRAINS ACROSS NORTHUMBERLAND STRAIGHT FROM CAPE TORMENTINE, NB TO CARLETON POINT, PEI YEAR-ROUND. IN 1938, SHE WAS REDESIGNED TO CARRY 12 RAIL CARS & 80 AUTOS. S.S. PEI WAS RETIRED IN 1968, AFTER 53 YEARS OF SERVICE. - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
DESIGNED TO COPE WITH SEVERE ICE CONDITIONS, INCLUDING BREAKING THROUGH ICE 3-4 FT. THICK. THIS WAS THE GOVERNING FACTOR IN DESIGN, AS REGARDS BOTH FORM & SCANTLING OF THE HULL, AND POWER & ARRANGEMENT OF PROPELLING MACHINERY (3 SETS OF TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINES, 2 DRIVING TWIN SCREWSASTERN & 1 DRIVING THIRD SCREW AT BOW) (SEE PHOTOCOPY IN SUPP. INFO.- CANADIAN RAILWAY & MARINE WORLD, NOV. 1914.) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'WHEELHOUSE' CAST IN RAISED PRINT ONBRASS PLATES MOUNTED OVER BOTH ENTRANCES.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PAINTED WHITE/ RED-BROWN LINOLEUM FLOORING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Armstrong Whitworth, Sir W.G. & Co. Ltd., Wheelhouse, 1915, Artifact no. 1971.0689, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1971.0689.001/
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