File 468 'Echo Sounding Apparatus'

Reference No:: C DPD/1/3/5/1/214
Dates:: Oct 1933-31 Dec 1938
Description:: File comprises correspondence between the engineer to the Humber Conservancy Board, William Broady and Son, Hull, and Henry Hughes and Son Ltd, Essex, regarding the supply and overhaul of echo sounding equipment, fitted on the S.Y. W.S. Wright. Includes a report of a successful test run in February 1938 in the River Humber of the equipment after its overhaul, as well as an echo sounder spare catalogue. The engineer has sent a praiseworthy report of the echo sounder’s capabilities to the Clyde Navigation Trust who are very interested in the machine and it is noted that there are other port authorities and fishing companies who are very interested in the echo sounders performance and accuracy.
Format:: Archive Item
Extent:: 1 file
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Access Conditions:: Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:: Hull City Archives
Collection:: Records of Humber Conservancy and the Humber Ports (Records deposited by Associated British Ports and its Predecessors)