Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Bronze Age Gold from Wales

S.S. VELINHELI, full hull ship model

Taylor, Don (Mr) (Model maker)

Full hull model of S.S. VELINHELI, with white sails, cream funnel with red and black company logo. Wooden deck features. Scale 1/4inch :1 foot. In glazed wooden free standing case.

SS VELINHELI built by S McKnight & Co. of Ayr for the Dinorwic Quarries in 1892. She ran regulalry with cargoes of slate from Port Dinorwic to the company depot at Preston. Sold in 1941 she was eventually laid up at Peterhead where she sank in her moorings in 1947. She was raised and scrapped in the the late 1950's.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

1994.53

Historical Associations

Associated Person/Body: S. McKnight & Co.
Association Type: Shipping company
Place: Ayr
Association Type: Slate quarries
Date: 1892-1941
Place: Dinorwic slate quarries
Association Type: Place name
Date: 1892-1941
Place: Dinorwic
Association Type: Place name
Date: 1892-1941
Place: Port Dinorwic

Creation/Production

Taylor, Don (Mr)
Don Taylor was model maker and conservation officer at the Welsh Industrial and Maritime Museum, Cardiff.
Role: Model maker
Place: Cwmbran
Period: 1994

Acquisition

purchase, 6/1994

Measurements

Length (mm): 660
Width (mm): 120
Height (mm): 330
case (mm): 840
case (mm): 280
case (mm): 470

Techniques

Hand made

Material

Wood
Metal
Glass
Textile

Categories

Steam (maritime) Maritime Slate Velinheli (S.S.) Gwynedd (county name) 1990s 1890s

Classification

water transportation transportation steam powered (water)
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