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aerospace transportation equipment: spacecraft
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Clock case
clothing accessory: glove, supergrip offshore yachting
Coat of arms
Colour transparency
commemorative artifact: case, clock
data processing t&e: computing instrument, navigational: navigator, solar
Design, Half block model
Distance meter
documentary artifact: container terminal
documentary artifact: model, exhibition(scenic)
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personal symbol: badge, Trinity House
personal symbol: crest, Trinity House
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stove
supergrip offshore yachting
supergrip offshore yachting glove
surveying & navigational t&e: meter, distance
surveying & navigational t&e: meter, distance(prototype)
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant
Topographical model
water transport: fighting vessel: aircraft carrier, flotilla leader (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: destroyer (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (HMS)
water transport: model, design: block model(half)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped)
water transport: motor vessel
water transport: service vessel: lifeboat, multi-chine
water transport accessory: stove
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Adams, Edgar Tarry
Dunn, G.
Haynes, John R.
Henry Hughes & Son Limited
Hooper, Lieutenant Geoffroy William Winsmore
Lawrence, Ian
Minima Industrial Modelmaking
Musto
Navigemus Ltd
Parr, Martin
Portway & Son
R. Hunt & Co Ltd
Smiths Suitall Ltd
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Ashdon, Essex, England
Earls Colne, Essex, England
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Halstead, Essex, England
Laindon, Essex, England
Lake George
Little Wigborough, Essex
Rowhedge, Essex
Saffron Walden, Essex, England
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Falklands War, 1982
Founding of the Royal Observatory, 1675
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Alacrity (1974)
CK 253 (Fl. 1897)
Hermes (1953)
L 33 (1916) [alternative spelling: L33]
Mohican (1908)
Sheffield 1971
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Flamsteed, Reverend John
Hunter, Alan
Rowhedge Ironworks Ltd
The Corporation of Trinity House
Walton Container Terminals Ltd
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The wreckage of the German Zeppelin L33 at Little Wigborough (Roll film negative)
A view across Pearson's Quay along the shore of the River Colne at Rowhedge during an unidentified festival. (Glass plate negative)
Distance meter
Clock case
A view of the quay at Rowhedge during an unidentified festival, taken from the Wivenhoe side of the River Colne. (Glass plate negative)
Cruiserfix Solar Navigator (Solar navigator)
supergrip offshore yachting glove
A view of the skeleton of the tail section of the German rigid airship L 33 (1916). (Roll film negative)
Leigh-on-Sea, Essex (Photographic print)
A port bow view of the paddle oyster dredger Victoria (1882) laid up for sale alongside an Essex river bank. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port broadside view of the Essex oyster smack CK 253 (Fl. 1897) berthed in an Essex river location. (Glass plate negative)
The burnt out wreckage of the German rigid airship L 33 (1916). (Roll film negative)
Distance meter
Coat of arms
HMS Hermes (1953); Warship; Aircraft carrier (Full hull model)
HMS Alacrity (1974); Warship; Frigate (Full hull model; Rigged model)
HMS Sheffield (1971); Warship; Destroyer; Type 42 (Full hull model)
A view of the river frontage of the Harris boatyard taken from the Wivenhoe side of the River Colne. (Glass plate negative)
Walton Container Terminal, Felixstowe (Topographical model)
supergrip offshore yachting glove
Portway Tortoise Stove (stove)
Bow view of Mohican (1929) moored in Lake George (Colour transparency)
Service vessel; Lifeboat (Half block model)
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