Structural model; Keelblocks and wedges
Scale: Unknown. The model is made entirely in wood and shows a section of slipway or dock floor mounted with a series of wooden blocks and keel wedges. The model is stained and varnished and consists of sixteen individual blocks of wood on top of which are a series of V-shaped wedges which would support the keel of a ship during construction or maintenance within a dry dock or slipway. The baseboard is a long rectangular shape and has a wedge shaped insert for a thumb to presumably pull it out from another part of the model. There is a small gap before the keel blocks start at the highest point and gradually reduce in size.
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Object Details
ID: | SLR2493 |
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Collection: | Ship models |
Type: | Structural model; Keelblocks and wedges |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Unknown |
Date made: | circa 1800 |
People: | South Kensington Museum; Read, Mr Read, Mr |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall model: 50 mm x 1045 mm x 40 mm |