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Cable compressor model
Scale: Unknown. Model of a anchor chain compressor as proposed by Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy, 1835. The model is made almost entirely of wood which has been lightly stained and finished with a matt varnish. The bed of the compressor is rectangular in shape with a stepped upper edge through which passes a pivoting, two part elliptical lever. Through the body of the compressor is a rounded grove which tapers from the centre out on either side an acts as a guide for the anchor chain to and from the chain locker and hawse pipe.
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Object Details
| ID: | SLR2441 |
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| Collection: | Ship models |
| Type: | Equipment model; Cable compressor model |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | 1835 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall model: 40 x 76 x 78 mm |
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