Ship model
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CLIPPER/SAIL/1:64
- DATE
- 1969
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.1306.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bassett-Lowke Ltd.
- MODEL
- MARCO POLO
- LOCATION
- Northampton, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN HULL, MASTS, ETC.; WIRE ANDFABRIC RIGGING; METAL FITTINGS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 132.0 cm
- Width
- 44.0 cm
- Height
- 91.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Models
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Bassett Lowke
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Northampton
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
THE MARCO POLO WAS HAILED AS "THE FASTEST SHIP IN THE WORLD" AFTER TAKING A RECORD 68 DAYS TO, AND 74 DAYS RETURN, FROM LIVERPOOL TO AUSTRALIA IN 1853. IN 1851, IT ALSO MADE THE VOYAGE FROM SAINT JOHN TO LIVERPOOL IN A RECORD 15 DAYS. THE VESSEL WAS WRECKED OFF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND IN 1883 - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
THE MARCO POLO WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SHIPS IN THE MARITIMES TO UTILIZE FEATURES OF THE CLIPPER DESIGN. IT WAS SIMILAR TO A CLIPPER IN BOW, STERN AND RIGGING, BUT HAD MORE ROOM AMIDSHIPS THUS COMBINING SPEED AND CARRYING CAPACITY. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BRASS COLOUR BELOW WATERLINE BLACK ABOVE WITH WHITE AT PORTHOLE WINDOW LEVEL AND NATURAL WOOD AT DECKS AND ABOVE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Bassett-Lowke Ltd., Ship model, circa 1969, Artifact no. 1969.1306, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.1306.001/
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