ship's bell autocarrier

Made:
1931

Ships's bell, brass, Southern Railway, inscribed "Autocarrier", from the Twin-Screw Steamship Autocarrier, allocated to the Dover-Calais route, built by Messrs. D & W Henderson & Co Ltd, Glasgow, 1931, withdrawn and broken up 1954.

Details

Category:
Railway Shipping
Object Number:
1989-7283
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy)
Measurements:
Diam, 310 mm
H. 310 mm
type:
bell
credit:
British Rail, Clapham

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