Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
99.21.108 A—C
Accession#:
99.21
Credit Line:
Donated by Mary Ann Parke.
Object Name:
Floats
Title:
3 Ferrous Metal Round Welded Longline Floats
Date:
1960
Description:
A—B — 9 inch by 8 inch by 8 inch. "Eyes" off center and on 1 welded hemisphere rusted and rust scale overall; can hear rust scale(?) inside float.
C — 8.75 inch by 7.75 inch by 7.75 inch. "Eyes" off center and welded across circumference weld. Rusted overall; rust(?) inside.
Notes:
From float collection of Thomas S. Parke. Floats beach combed along shore of Northern Southeast Alaska. Floats used to support longline gear when amount of gear too great to be supported by single surface float. Floats are fastened into longline and submersed as support for surface line
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