Geared Steering Wheel, Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: ca 1875
notes: label: Description
content: Nothing is known about this steering-wheel model. It is presumed to be a patent model because of its size, but its inventor and date are unknown. It is similar to many geared steering arrangements used on fishing boats and yachts from about the 1860s into the turn of the 1900s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Maritime
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.337005
label: catalog number
content: 337005
label: accession number
content: 1978.2282
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Steering Wheel
label: Object Name
content: steering wheel, model
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Steering Wheel; Maritime
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 4 in; 10.795 cm x 8.89 cm x 10.16 cm