File:Round the capstan, ca 1900 (MOHAI 6944).jpg
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[edit]English: Round the capstan, ca. 1900
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Title |
English: Round the capstan, ca. 1900 |
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Description |
English: Before the introduction of steam engines to pull up anchors or move heavy weights, sailors had to use muscle power. Stout levers were placed in the holes of a capstan, and the men pushed on the levers to turn the capstan. The turning of the capstan wound up the anchor chain.
This photo shows a group of men lifting an anchor with a capstan. It was taken in somewhere in the northern Pacific Ocean, probably around 1900. The age of sail was ending by this time.
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Depicted place |
English: Puget Sound Region (Wash.) |
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Date |
circa 1900 date QS:P571,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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English: 1 glass negative: b&w |
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height: 5 in (12.7 cm); width: 7 in (17.7 cm) dimensions QS:P2048,5U218593 dimensions QS:P2049,7U218593 |
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institution QS:P195,Q219563 |
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English: Museum of History and Industry |
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Credit Line InfoField | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
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