General Information

Serial #

832

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

non-ferrous metal

Dimensions

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

Length

53.1 cm

Width

30.5 cm

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

Smith

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

South Bank on Tees

Context

Country

Africa

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

An item from the collection of Mr Andrew Merrilees acquired between the 1950’s and his death in 1979. Mr. Merrilees was a noted collector of early railway and transportation material and was particularly interested in pre-1920 photography. The majority of Mr.Merrilees’ collection was sent to the National Archives circa 1980, his printed material to the National Library and the Ontario Archives. The material in this donation was retained by Andrew Merrilees Ltd., currently owned by Dr. Robert Stewart (Acquisition proposal for AK0114 archival material by D.Monaghan, in Supp. Info.).

Function

An identification plate that provides a builder's reference for a engine including the name of the builder and the builder's number for that engine.

Technical

An example of a ship builder's plate for an engine numbered 831. Smiths Dock Company, Limited, often referred to simply as Smiths Dock, was a British shipbuilding company that became associated with South Bank in Middlesbrough on the River Tees in Northeast England, after opening an operation there in 1907. Smiths Dock are perhaps most famous for preparing the design of the Flower class corvette, an anti-submarine convoy escort of World War II. South Bank's shipbuilding era came to an end in 1986, when the last ship was launched from Smith's Dock (Refs. 1-2).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Indented lettering reads 'SMITH'S DOCK Co. LTD./ No. 831/ SHIPBUILDERS & ENGINEERS/ SOUTH BANK ON TEES'

Missing

appears complete

Finish

painted gold

Decoration

incised line around edge