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Patent Model, Life Raft
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This model represents a raft made up of four rows of watertight sheet-metal cylinders enclosed by two wood decks and fastened together with metal bolts. It was submitted to the U.S. Patent Office in 1874 by George Clark, of Ecorse, Michigan, to accompany his design for an improved life raft.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent Model, Life Raft. 1874. Clark, George. National Museum of American History. CC0.
