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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.2116.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
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: IRON

Dimensions

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

Length: 67.0 cm
Width: 50.0 cm
Height: 83.0 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: AFTER 1968
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 ELECTRICTY MARINE VESSELS WERE WARNED OF NAVIGATION HAZARDS BY THE USE OF VARIOUS TYPES OF RINGING DEVICES ACTIVATED BY WAVE ACTION - BELL BUOYS OR BY MANUAL RINGING BY LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS. THIS BELL HAS A MODERN DEVICE ATTACHED WHICH USES A POWERED PISTON FOR RINGING THE BELL.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: CAST INTO BELL: 'WHITECHAPEL/ [LOGO]/ STONE - CHANCE 1969'/ PLATE ON TOP OF PISTON READS: 'Solenoids, Systems & Controls/ 31 Basingbourne Rd. Fleet Hants/ TEL. FLEET 5113/ TYPE NO. 710-24 VOC-01/ SERIAL NO. 01/ MARINE'
Missing: POWER FOR PISTON ACTIVATION From CA of 12/05/2001 by David Daley: No - Complete
Finish: FRAME HOLDING BELL PAINTED WINE
Decoration: HORIZONTAL RIDGES AROUND BELL

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Unknown Manufacturer, Bell, 1969, Artifact no. 1987.2116, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.2116.001/

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