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Busselton Historical Society > Records

Wooden Rigging Pulley

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This is a wooden pulley block that would have been used in the rigging of sails of a ship. The pully block appears to have been constructed of 7 carved bits of wood that have been screwed together to hold in place 2 small carved wooden pully wheels. The rope rigging which held the sails would have been fed through these pulleys and used to tighten or loosen the sail setting.

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cwa-org-124-2024.123

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Width

8.5000 cm

Height or length

10 cm

Depth

6 cm

Keywords

Maritime Objects

Busselton Historical Society

Busselton Historical Society

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Wooden Rigging Pulley showing the 2 wooden wheels inside

Wooden Rigging Pulley showing the 2 wooden wheels inside

End view of the wooden rigging pulley

End view of the wooden rigging pulley

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