BAC24 - NON-FERROUS

Broome Aircraft Wrecks

Port or toilet AND rubber seal AND spring (x2)

Port OR toilet- Framework for metal port hole or toilet base. Large metal frame shaped like a solid “U”. Back of the frame has a raised circular frame around a hollow centre (the port hole). This circular frame is studded around its circumference holding in place a rubber coating. At the base of the frame is a lever mechanism designed to open the hole, with one movable metal bar which is stamped with “28F 4008”. Beside it is an immobile, slightly indented metal handle. At the interior left top of the hole is a large cylindrical protrusion that has a threaded section with a heavily eroded hexagonal washer and a long metal post at its end. The interior top of the frame is stamped with “28-F-1094” and beneath that “1440”. The exterior of the frame has a raised edge around the perimeter, then a dip, a second raised frame, then a second dip inside which the hole and covering sit. The left side of the interior frame has a large metal ring attached to it. The large, circular hole covering is hinged at the top of the second raised frame. It is stamped with “ALCOA” and “28-F-??95”. A small eroded hole obscures the first two numbers in the latter stamp. The base of the circular covering has a diamond shaped latch.

Rubber seal - Long rubber seal, broken into sections. Some sections still relatively soft, others very brittle. Badly eroded.

Spring (x1) - Short section of wide, loosely coiled spring. Some rust but no real erosion.

Spring (x1) - Short section of a tightly coiled spring with a straightened section of wire protruding from the end. Some rust and concretion.