Physical Description:

wood (overall material)

metal (overall material)

Measurements:

average spatial: 24.37 cm x 12.96 cm; 9 5/8 in x 5 1/8 in

overall: 9 3/4 in x 5 1/4 in; 24.765 cm x 13.335 cm

Object Name:

bell

Description:

Found on the wreck of the propeller steamer <I>Indiana</I>, a bell as small as this one would have been too small to serve as a fog signal for any distance. It probably would have been used to signal crew watch changes, as a dinner bell, or possibly to signal someone on a nearby shore.

Related event:

Expansion and Reform  Search this

Related Publication:

On the Water online exhibition

Related Web Publication:

http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater

Credit Line:

Gift of Michigan Department of State, Michigan History Division (through Bruce J. Andrews)

ID Number:

1979.1030.15

Catalog number:

1979.1030.15

Accession number:

1979.1030

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Exhibition:

On the Water

Exhibition Location:

National Museum of American History

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-c68f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1155741