Cultural Artefact
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Cultural Artefact
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Pipe |
| A pipe was a large cask. |
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When eighteenth century mariners referred to a pipe they were describing a cask that contained somewhere between 90 and 120 gallons (341 ' 454 litres), usually of wine or spirits. The size of a pipe could vary according to its country of manufacture, its purpose and contents. For example, the Museum maintained by John Harvey and Sons, a firm of Bristol wine merchants established in the early 1840s, contains a Madeira pipe of 92 gallons (348 litres), and a port pipe made of Oak procured from the Baltic containing 115 gallons (435) litres. |
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Published by South Seas, 1 February 2004 Comments, questions, corrections and additions: Paul.Turnbull@jcu.edu.au Prepared by: Paul Turnbull Updated: 28 June 2004 To cite this page use: http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ss-biogs-P000093 |