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Object name(s):
plaque
Brief description:
plaque taken from the aluminium gangway on board the P&O Liner S.S.Arcadia, which after 25 years service (the last 2 cruising Australian waters) was taken to Taiwan in Feb. 1979 to be scrapped; the plaque bears the name of Chertsey boat builders Whittingham and Mitchel; circa 1954
Collection:
Chertsey Museum
Associated date:
Completeness:
y
Condition:
fair
Dimension:
length
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
127
Inscription content:
"Whittingham & Mitchel Ltd., Chertsey Surrey. Serial No. G651. Marine & Structural Engineers"
Material:
aluminium
Object name:
plaque
Object number:
CHYMS.0942
Object production date:
Date - period:
20th century
Object production person:
Whittingham & Mitchel
Object production place:
Chertsey
Other number:
D.0942
Other number type:
Alternative number
Physical description:
a flattened oval plaque bearing "Whittinghem & Mitchel Ltd., Chertsey Surrey. Serial No. G 651. Marine and Structural Engineers", with remnants of white paint
Technique:
cast
Use begin date:
2004-05-06
Use end date:
2004-05-06
Use title:
Roaming Runnymede Exhibition 2004

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/dcc0124d-2c19-33e5-9b39-20aac939611e

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/dcc0124d-2c19-33e5-9b39-20aac939611e, Chertsey Museum, CC BY-NC

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