EE3592 - TIMBER artefact
Elvie Wreck
Sample for wood identification.
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Material TIMBER
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Number of Items 1
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Site Area Code South Coast
Museum Reference
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artefact EE3592 - TIMBER
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Registration Number 3592
Artefact information
| artefact | EE3592 - TIMBER |
|---|---|
| Ship | Elvie |
| Registration Number | 3592 |
| Description | Sample for wood identification. |
| Material | TIMBER |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Site Area Code | South Coast |
| Modification date | Mon, 2005-07-11 |
| URL | http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/artefacts/ee3592-timber-0 |
Elvie
The Elvie built in Western Australia. The Elvie was lost 1923 at Albany, Frenchman Bay, Southern end of Whaler’s Beach.
The wreck of the locally built 30 x 4.5m double-ended, flat-bottomed wooden lighter Elvie lies at the north end of Vancouver Beach, Frenchman Bay. It was built of jarrah around 1912 for the Frenchman Bay whaling station to transport barrels of whale oil to vessels in the harbour, and for ferrying supplies from Albany back to the whaling settlement. When not in use it was moored in the middle of...
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