Crab with contrate gear, in wooden frame
- Made:
- circa 1790 in London
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Crab with contrate (crown and pinion) gear, in wooden frame, c.1790. From the East India Company's Cutler Street warehouses, London. A crab is a small winch for lifting heavy loads.
A crab is a small winch for lifting heavy loads. This one came from the East India Company’s Cutler Street Warehouses, in London. It dates from a time of great development in engineering practice, as exemplified by the Portsmouth blockmaking machinery, and shows that such advances were also being diffused in the wider world. This acquisition is a transfer from the collections of the Museum of London.
Details
- Category:
- Lifting & Mechanical Handling
- Object Number:
- 2004-237
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified) and metal (unknown)
- Measurements:
-
: 1.5 x 1 x 1.2 m
- type:
- crab
- credit:
- Museum of London
