- 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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