Object data
copper, iron and paint
height 21.5 cm × width 21.2 cm × depth 21 cm
Rijkswerf Hellevoetsluis
Model of a Water Tank
Hellevoetsluis, 1839
Inscriptions
- inscription, on the front: YZERE WATERKISTEN, / voor zijn MAJESTEITS schepen / inhoudend 1806 Pinten, (metrique).
- label, on the top: 581 former inventory label
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-581
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Model of a square water tank, painted black.
The model is made of sheets of copper, clenched together. In the top an oval manhole with a cover is indicated. Through a small round hole in one of the corners a long socket wrench, now missing, can be lowered to operate a valve in the bottom. A short iron socket wrench, used to open the manhole and the hole for the long socket wrench, is also missing.
This water tank was able to carry 1,000 litres or 1,806 Dutch pints.
Scale 1:20.
Literature
L.K. Turk, Opgaven en berekeningen van Zr. Ms. schepen van oorlog, The Hague 1855, pp. 104-05; J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 581
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Rijkswerf Hellevoetsluis, Model of a Water Tank, Hellevoetsluis, 1839', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244396
(accessed 13 November 2024 04:22:53).