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Ships' Water Pump Casing


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      Creator(s):
Blackwood, Gordon & Co.

Date: 1876 -

Description: Brass rotary ships' water pump casing, from the 'SS Nelson' which was wrecked on Porpoise Rock on 29 June, 1890. This was dredged up by the dredge 'Goomai' in April 1993 on Porpoise Rock in the Tamar River.

Format: realia
Object: water pumps
Material: bronze

Titles:
Ships' Water Pump Casing

Subjects: shipwrecks

Places: Tamar River, Tasmania

Institution: George Town and District Historical Society Inc.

Object number: GTH_PS1042

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