Model, Providence Steam Pump-brake Windlass, 1884
date: label: date made
content: 1884
notes: label: Description
content: The model represents a late 19th-century windlass made by the American Ship Windlass Company in Providence, Rhode Island. A piece of machinery used on ships to lift and lower heavy objects such as anchors, cables, lines or chains, this windlass was powered by
label: Description
content: steam. Pump or hydraulic brakes were included, so that when steam power was not available, the windlass could be hand operated. The Smithsonian received this model from the manufacturer in 1884.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Rhode Island
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
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content: Ship Models
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Ship Windlass Co., Providence Rhode Island
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.160186
label: catalog number
content: 160186
label: accession number
content: 14636
objectType: label: Object Name
content: windlass
label: Object Name
content: windlass, steam, model
label: Other Terms
content: windlass; Maritime; Steam
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/2 in x 11 in x 10 in; 29.21 cm x 27.94 cm x 25.4 cm