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Title: Crab with contrate gear,in iron frame [Go to resource]
Description: Crab with contrate gear, in iron frame. A crab is a small winch for lifting heavy loads. This one is from the warehouses of the East India Company at Cutler Street, near St Katharines Dock, London, and was made c.1820. It was used to winch up loads from ground level to the different floors of the warehouse. License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Subjects: crab Temporal: c. 1820 Source: Science Museum Creator: Not known Identifier: http://collectionsonline.nmsi.ac.uk/grab... Go to resource More Like this...
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