Model, Providence Steam Pump-brake Windlass, 1884
Model, Providence Steam Pump-brake Windlass, 1884
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- Description
- The model represents a late 19th-century windlass made by the American Ship Windlass Company in Providence, Rhode Island. A piece of machinery used on ships to lift and lower heavy objects such as anchors, cables, lines or chains, this windlass was powered by
- steam. Pump or hydraulic brakes were included, so that when steam power was not available, the windlass could be hand operated. The Smithsonian received this model from the manufacturer in 1884.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- windlass
- windlass, steam, model
- Other Terms
- windlass; Maritime; Steam
- date made
- 1884
- associated place
- United States: Rhode Island
- Physical Description
- steel (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 1/2 in x 11 in x 10 in; 29.21 cm x 27.94 cm x 25.4 cm
- ID Number
- TR.160186
- catalog number
- 160186
- accession number
- 14636
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Ship Windlass Co., Providence Rhode Island
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Maritime
- America on the Move
- Ship Models
- Transportation
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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