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Tools & Equipment used by the Outdoor Service |
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Although used more widely by Landing Officers in Warehousing, this type of Crown Lock was used by Waterguard officers to secure the 'Waterguard Lock Up' within a Waterguard office, and where the use of a seal was inappropriate and suitable hasps were in place.
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Left - Barrons Patent Customs iron padlock -No 1853 - with brass key flap, or cover. Right - A lock of the type still used in the 1960/70s with a key.
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Left - Customs and Excise Lock with slide made by Walsall Locks @ Cart Gear Ltd. - No B14927 Right - Customs and Excise Lock with slide made by Walsall Locks @ Cart Gear Ltd. - No B14927 - reverse. |
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Left - A lock of the type used c1942 with a key. Right - A lock of the type used c1942 with a key - reverse. |
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Left - Brass Customs and Excise Lock - No 7380 - with both keys. Right - Unusual Gaelic Custaim Agus-Mal - Customs and Excise - Lock - No H99 - with key. Similar padlocks were used by HM Customs and Excise in the 1920s. |
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Left - Hobbs & Co Douglas Patent Large Brass Padlock. Right - Hobbs & Co Douglas Patent Large Brass Padlock - Open. |
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This instrument was issued on a Waterguard Station basis. It was used by officers on rummage duties to see into confined, enclosed spaces. It had a light source powered by batteries and a lens mounted at the end of a 20mm diameter tube. The eye piece could be focused by a knurled ring mounted close to the handle. |
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The tuckstick, or sword cane, was used from the 19th century onwards as a rummage tool to prodcargo in order to locate contraband goods. It was used by Waterguard officers to locate items hidden in flour and grain bins whilst rummaging the ship's galley. Landing officers (Officers of Custom and Excise) also used them in their examination of bulk imports. |
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Crucifix Spit as used by Officers of Custom and Excise as above. |
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Measuring glasses, gauging, sampling & measuring instruments, & a table book.
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Gauging, sampling & measuring instruments, & weighing instruments. |
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Caldcluegh Tape Companion - For use with steel tapes in taking the dimensions of large brewery copper vessels. It allowed taking measurement without bending the tape. The weight of the contents would be enough to push on the sides of the vessel outwards so making them larger and they would hold more liquor than that calculated when the vessel was empty. It needed two officers, both inside the vessel, one held the end of the tape against one side of vessel, the other end was passed through and around the caldeclew, held manually tight and pressed against the other side of the vessel with as much force as a possible so forcing the the wall outwards to obtain the longest measurement. This then helped calculate the true size of the vessel. A measurement of five inches was also marked on its side by a line cut into a brass inset, and the instrument could be used conveniently for measuring distances of five or ten inches on the chalked vertical lines on the sides of vessels. |
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Butter, cheese & grain spit. |
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Sinker Jar - Used for obtaining a sample from barrels & tanks etc. |
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Scales
used for weighing tobacco etc. from the Queens Warehouse at Swansea
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