- Object name(s):
- indicator panel
- Brief description:
- indicator panel; from Poole Bridge; retangular green painted metal box; two white glass panels in front; brass plate below each inscribed 'RAISING' AND 'LOWERING' and one with 'POOLE' below; four brackets on back; removable front with lining of fibrous material; series of light bulbs inside to illuminate parts of panel; wires protruding from bottom
- Collection:
- Poole Museum
- Acquisition date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 8.3.1995
- Associated activity:
- raising and lowering of Poole Bridge
- Associated concept:
- science & technology
- Associated date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1927
- Date - latest:
- 1995
- Associated place:
- Poole
- Associated place:
- Poole Bridge
- Associated place:
- Place note:
- bridge
- Association note:
- the panel was used by the bridge controller to assist with the raising and lowering procedure; illustrated in BOPMS video footage of the operation
- Condition:
- fair
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension value:
- 57 cm (max)
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension value:
- 34.5 cm
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension value:
- 22.5 cm
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object history note:
- removed from the control tower during refurbishment of Poole Bridge 4-5.3.1995, when electronic control of the bridge was installed in the Bridge House; apparently installed when the bridge was constructed
- Object name:
- indicator panel
- Object number:
- POOMS:1995.227.2
- Object production date:
- 1927
- Other number:
- OR 0646A
- Other number type:
- previous number
- Reproduction type:
- result
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/28311615-eeb4-3cae-9e35-1ba6427faa67
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/28311615-eeb4-3cae-9e35-1ba6427faa67, Poole Museum, CC BY-NC
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