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Oil gas buoy
Large metal and wood buoy, base painted red and black with metal and wood lattice top painted red, white and black.
This buoy carried a lamp which was fuelled by acetylene gas contained in cylinders and replenished every few months. Its function was to mark the South Patches off the coast of South Wales.
Source: Welsh Industrial & Maritime Museum Guidebook, 1984
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.49I
Acquisition
Donation, 16/12/1991
Measurements
Height
(mm): 4039
diameter
(mm): 3048
Material
metal
wood
Location
In store
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