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Model of a Life-Saving Cart for Shipwrecks
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Rescue apparatus for shipwreck operations on a beach. It is a two-wheeled cart with the wheels in the middle; the wheels have seven double spokes, around which paddles are mounted that can move up and down: this device likely serves to promote the rotation of the wheels by means of the weight of the falling paddles. The wheels are driven by a gear mechanism in a wooden frame in the middle, which has a transmission of 8/45 in the opposite direction.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineModel of a Life-Saving Cart for Shipwrecks. 1832. Rijkswerf Rotterdam. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
