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Description: | Scale: Unknown. A design model of Captain Bullock's safety beacon (1840) erected on the Goodwin Sands in the English Channel. It depicts a single mast secured to a wooden cross shaped base which is held in position by iron pegs and lead bars. The mast itself has wooden steps fixed either side for climbing together with a chain and rope ladder giving access to the platform above. The whole beacon is then held in position by four pairs of chain stays anchored to the sea bed by large iron pegs. The wooden platform is octagonal in shape and fitted with a wooden grating floor with a rope and iron stanchion fitted around the outer edge. To gain access from the mast below to the platform above there are a pair of chain futtock shrouds rigged. There is a small topmast and pole fitted above the platform with a flag hoisted to indicate a person in distress. The model is mounted within a wooden square box filled with sand and gravel.
CA: AAA.
caption: Captain bullocks safety beacon
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum safety beacons Bullock models (representations) Capt | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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