National Museum of American History
Model, Providence Steam Pump-brake Windlass, 1884
1884
The model represents a late 19th-century windlass made by the American Ship Windlass Company in Providence, Rhode Island. A piece of machinery used on ships to lift and lower heavy objects such as anchors, cables, lines or chains, this windlass was powered by
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