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Turned wooden cylinder
Circular turned piece of wood from end grain wood. with a centrally bored hole, and the main body tapers to one end. There is turned groove around the middle as the possible seating for a gasket, seal or washer. Written in it in pencil "LOWER BOX", "P", and possibly "5 1/2 " MAX 21" WHEN [illegible]". This may be the valve for am elm tree pump used for removing water from the bilges in the lower hold of a ship.
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Object Details
| ID: | EQS0702 |
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| Type: | Turned wooden cylinder |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | Unknown |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 85 x 130 mm |
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