Whistle

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OBJECT TYPE: SHIP'S/STEAM/ORGAN PIPE
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1991.0502.001

MANUFACTURER: Steven & Struthers Ltd., Messrs
MODEL: 3
LOCATION: Glasgow, Scotland

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION(PROBABLY BRASS).

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 169.0 cm
Width: 30.0 cm
Height: 20.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Marine Transportation
Category: Communications
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Steven Struthers
Country: Scotland
State/Province: Unknown
City: Glasgow

Context

Country: Worldwide
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: USED TO WARN OR SIGNAL OTHER VESSELS OR MARINE CREW BY PRODUCING AUDIBLE SOUND.
Technical: STEVEN & STRUTHERS FOUNDED IN 1860 (ORIGINALLY CATLO & STRUTHERS; CEASED C.1967) IN GLASGOW, AND BECAME ONE OF BEST KNOWN AND MOST SUCCESSFUL OF BRASSFOUNDING FIRMS. THEY MFD A VARIETY OF ITEMS FOR THE LOCOMOTIVE AND MARINE TRADES, INCLUDING WHISTLES & SIRENS FOR USE ON SHIPS AND LIGHTHOUSES.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Plate screwed to pull handle stamped: " MESSRS STEVEN & STRUTHERS LTD. GLASGOW/ FOR ANY SPARES, REPLACEMENTS, ETC. IT IS NECESSARY/ THAT S. & S. LTD. SHOULD BE CONSULTED "./ " 3 " STAMPED INTO COLLAR AT LOWER END OF WHISTLE CASING.
Missing: NONE EVIDENT.
Finish: SMOOTH, POLISHED FINISH ON WHISTLE TUBE CASING.
Decoration: N/A

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Steven & Struthers Ltd., Messrs, Whistle, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1991.0502, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0502.001/

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