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Model of ‘Pamir’ Ship

Specifications

Model of ‘Pamir’ Ship

Category

Transportation

Classification

CHENHALL - Communication Objects - Documentary Objects - Other Documents - Model

Object Origin
Creator:

Museum of Science and Industry Model Shop

Date Built:

1931

Date Original design:

1905

Physical Characteristics

Object Description: 1/48 scale model of freighter ship. Black and red hull with "PAMIR" on each side of bow; four (4) wood masts and one (1) prow, each with multiple frabric sails, rigging cables and rope ladders, and triangular sails strung between masts/prow; wood planked deck with various elements including rope, anchors, catwalks, ventilation tubes, capstans, wheels, binnacle and four (4) life boats; mounted on three (3) rectangular wood bases and four (4) metal...

Materials:

wood

metal

fabric

Measurements: Object:
    Height: 51 in, Length: 91 in, Width: 15.75 in

Credit

Produced by Museum, 31.913

Display Status

On Exhibit

Model of ‘Pamir’ Ship

About: Model of ‘Pamir’ Ship

About: Model of ‘Pamir’ Ship

This German square rigged sailing freighter from 1905, is an all-steel barque-rigged ship with power-driven sail-handling gear. Its main cargo role was hauling sodium nitrate (NaNO_3) from mines in Chile and Peru. This naturally occurring mineral was useful in making explosives, fertilizers, food preservatives and smoke bombs before newer methods were invented.


Later used to haul grain from Australia to Britian, Pamir was on a cargo-cadet training voyage when it was lost in Hurrican Carrie in 1957.

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