Bell
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1893
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.2115.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Whitechapel Bell Foundry
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- IRON
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 50.0 cm
- Height
- 42.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Communications
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Whitechapel
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF A NAVIGATION BELL USED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO ASSIST MARINE VESSELS WITH NAVIGATION OR TO WARN THEM OF HAZARDS - Technical
-
BEFORE THE ADVENT OF ELECTRICITY, MARINE VESSELS WERE WARNED OF HAZARDS BY THE USE OF VARIOUS TYPES OF RINGING DEVICES ACTIVATED BY WAVE ACTION - BELL BUOYS OR BY MANUAL RINGING BY LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- CAST INTO BELL: 'DEPARTMENT/ OF MARINE/ AND FISHERIES/ CANADA 1893'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Whitechapel Bell Foundry, Bell, 1893, Artifact no. 1987.2115, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.2115.001/
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