Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- Researching and Conserving a Unique World War One German Tank
- In
- Fifth National Conference on Engineering Heritage 1990: Interpreting Engineering Heritage; Preprints of Papers
- Imprint
- Institution of Engineers, Australia, Western Australian Division, Perth, Western Australia, 1990, pp. 133-139
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0909421234
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.624837465385644
- Abstract
'Mephisto' is the sole surviving example of a First World War German Tank. Its historical, technological and social background has been interpreted as a basis for determining what makes it culturally significant. This, in turn, provides a basis for preparing a conservation policy and display concepts. Machines such as tanks are frequently 'restored' by attempting to return them to an 'as built' condition. It is concluded that such an approach would destroy much of the cultural significance of 'Mephisto'. A more conservative policy for this tank is outlined.
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- Fifth National Conference on Engineering Heritage 1990: Interpreting Engineering Heritage; Preprints of Papers (Perth, Western Australia: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1990), 139 pp. https://search.informit.org/doi/book/10.3316/informit.0909421234. Details