Rod, gate valve

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1982
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1985.0779.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL (BRASS?) ROD

Dimensions

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

Length: 69.8 cm
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Marine Transportation
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Newfoundland and Labrador
Period: BETWEEN 1976 & 1982
Canada: DESPITE ITS SIZE, REPUTATION FOR INVULNERABILITY & REGULATORY CONTROLS OVER DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & OPERATION THE OCEAN RANGER & ALL 84 CREW MEMBERS WERE LOST DURING A STORM FEB. 15, 1982. OF THOSE KILLED 69 WERE CANADIANS.
Function: GATE VALVE IS COMPONENT OF BALLAST SYSTEM (REPORT, P.368)
Technical: WHEN IT WAS LAUNCHED IN 1976 THE OCEAN RANGER WAS THE LARGEST, SELF-PROPELLED SEMISUBMERSIBLE OFFSHORE DRILLING UNIT IN THE WORLD. (REPORT, p.vii)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: HANDWRITTEN IN PENCIL ON PAPER TAG TAPED TO ROD: 'Actual rod/ usedfor/ Stbd Gate Valve/ July 22'/ ALSO TAPED TO ROD IS RCMP EXHIBIT TAG WITH NUMEROUS MARKINGS, INCLUDING: 'ITEM NO./ 66/ CASE NO./ 82-1357/ EXHIBIT REPORT NO./ 82.63/... DATE/ 82-08.03'/
Missing: N/A
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Rod, gate valve, before 1982, Artifact no. 1985.0779, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0779.001/

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