Presentation Chelsea Ship ' S Bell Clock " City Of Edmonton " 6 " Dial Base & Ball
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:6839458 | Primary Material: Brass |
| Type: Ship's Bell Clock | Maker: Chelsea |
| Country/Region of Origin: United States | Original/Reproduction: Antique Original |
Listed here is a very nice Chelsea Base & Ball ( or Commodore) Presentation clock. It is a 6" dial with inscriptions on the top of the case and on the front of the base. The Statuary Bronze is about as good as you will find for an original finish. Movement is nice and clean. Runs well and keeps good time. Measures 9 1/4" high and 8 1/2" wide. Serial number 520499 on movement and wood bottom match. Dates between 1945 and 1949. S & H ...& I, to US locations only, $28.00. Enjoy ! ! ! !
Top of case marked:
PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF EDMONTONON BEHALF OF THE OFFICERAND CREW OF THE TANKER"IMPERIAL EDMONTON"IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED
Base marked:
"IMPERIAL EDMONTON"
The tanker Boundbrook was a T2-SE-A1 tanker built under the U.S. Maritime Commission contract by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company at Chester, Pennsylvania, during February and March, 1944. After her service as a navy oiler she was sold to Imperial Oil Shipping Company in 1947 and became the Imperial Edmonton—serving first on the Pacific, and then the Atlantic. In 1958 the St. Lawrence & Great Lakes Shipping Company bought her, and, as company founders the Norris family also owned the National Hockey League team the Detroit Red Wings, they renamed her Red Wing after she was rebuilt and lengthened at Port Weller Dry Docks in 1959-1960. She was laid up at Toronto in 1984, sold for scrap in 1986, and broken up at Kaohsiung in April 1987.
