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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 378284, member: 25"]In my opinion it is bronze. I have removed similar portholes from small ships being scrapped and they were always bronze.</p><p>You could get away with brass for inland waterway craft but salt water is not good with brass and this port was intended for a ship at sea. Inland waterways do not need such robust clamps. That port could be well pounded before breaking open.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 378284, member: 25"]In my opinion it is bronze. I have removed similar portholes from small ships being scrapped and they were always bronze. You could get away with brass for inland waterway craft but salt water is not good with brass and this port was intended for a ship at sea. Inland waterways do not need such robust clamps. That port could be well pounded before breaking open.[/QUOTE]
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