One-to-one scale model of US Navy Landing Pontoon Angle
notes: label: Description
content: One-to-one scale wood model of a US Navy Landing Pontoon assembly angle with wedge bars as developed by Captain John N. Laycock, CEC.
label: Description
content: Normally made in steel, the model is a demonstraction piece for use with 2019.0105.03 and 2019.0105.10, 2019.0105.11 and 2019.0105.12. To assemble strings of pontoons, Laycock used steel angles as continuous angles, each bearing the major tension and compression stresses for the assembled string from pontoon to pontoon.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mildred Cole Laycock
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0105.04
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0105.04
label: accession number
content: 2019.0105
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: Wood, paint, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 1/16 in x 6 in x 6 in; 66.19875 cm x 15.24 cm x 15.24 cm