Navigation system, marine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SHORE BASED/RADIO & RADAR
- DATE
- 1968
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0499.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Decca Radar Canada (1967) Ltd.
- MODEL
- VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICES
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 21
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, GLASS, SYNTHETIC & RUBBER COMPONENTS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 288.0 cm
- Width
- 40.0 cm
- Height
- 67.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radar
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Decca
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- THIS EQUIPMENT USED 1968 TO 1990.
- Canada
-
EQUIPMENT FROM CANADA'S FIRST VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICES (VTS) CENTRE, USED IN THE PORT OF MONTREAL 1968-1990. THIS CENTRE WAS 1 0F 2 MAJOR COMM. JUNCTIONS IN A LARGER VHF RADIO NETWORK CONSISTING OF 6 SHORE CENTRES AND 18 REPORTING POINTS EST'D ALONG THE ST. LAWRENCE FROM LES ESCOUMINS (EAST) TO MONTREAL (WEST). - Function
-
TO MONITOR THE FLOW OF MARINE TRAFFIC WITHIN A SPECIFIED AREA. - Technical
-
THE VTS CENTRE USED RADAR & RADIO TO MONITOR AND CONTROL SHIPPING TRAFFIC IN MONTREAL HARBOUR 24 HOURS A DAY. IT WAS BASED ON STANDARD SHIPBOARD RADAR EQ., AUGMENTED BY STANDARD MICROWAVE TRANSMISSION LINKS AND A SIMPLE SUPERVISORY CONTROL UNIT DESIGNED BY DECCA RADAR CANADA. (REF.1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 plate on scanner radar unit reads "SCANNER UNIT TYPE 4831/ CLASS X SERIAL NO. P.0572/ DECCA RADAR LTD./ MADE IN ENGLAND". "568" incised in frame. Plate on motor housing reads "TURNING UNIT TYPE 65 NO. CB/ CLASS X SERIAL NO. P.0522/ COMPASS SAFE DISTANCE/ STANDARD FT. 7 STEERING FT. 5/ DECCA RADAR LTD./ MADE IN ENGLAND". "K16" incised in housing. "C632.50" cast in raised print. Motor spec. plate incised "B67/ TPP574DTB199/ 0.33/ 1725/ 220/240 110/120/ 2.5 5/ 1 60/ D65110BB'
- Missing
- UNKNOWN- MOST OF THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, POWER SOURCES, ETC. WERE REMOVED PRIOR TO IT'S TRANSFER TO NMSTC.
- Finish
- MOST PIECES HAVE OLIVE GREEN AND/OR GREY FINISH.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Decca Radar Canada (1967) Ltd., Navigation system, marine, circa 1968, Artifact no. 1994.0499, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0499.001/
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