. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Rigged Model, USNM 308435, of the Erie Canal steam barge and tug William Baxter, built at Fishlsill, New York, in 1872. About four- teen boats were built on this de- sign, seven single-screw and seven twin-screw. {Smithsonian photo 44697-1.) built. She was used, for part of her career, as a yacht and demonstrator on the canal and the Hudson River. Twin screws were eventually abandoned; single screws were employed in the last seven of the four- teen boats built on 's designs. The standard Baxter boats were 96 feet long, 17 feet beam, a
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Rigged Model, USNM 308435, of the Erie Canal steam barge and tug William Baxter, built at Fishlsill, New York, in 1872. About four- teen boats were built on this de- sign, seven single-screw and seven twin-screw. {Smithsonian photo 44697-1.) built. She was used, for part of her career, as a yacht and demonstrator on the canal and the Hudson River. Twin screws were eventually abandoned; single screws were employed in the last seven of the four- teen boats built on 's designs. The standard Baxter boats were 96 feet long, 17 feet beam, and 9 feet depth in hold and were able to carry 215 tons of freight on a draft of 6 feet. These boats could tow barges from New York to Buffalo and return in 16 days, as compared with 25 to 30 days by horse- drawn boats on the canal and river tugs on the Hud- son. The model shows a vessel of the old canal-boat form, having parallel sides, a very full and very much rounded, convex, V-shaped entrance, and a similar run; the hull is basically double-ended. A false coun- ter, in the same general manner as Fulton's steamer North River, is placed high on the stern, which shows enough overhang to protect the propeller and rudder in the locks. The wide and rectangular transom is fiat and nearly vertical, the bottom is straight fore and aft and flat athwartships, and the stem straight and vertical, as is the post. The sheer is straight except at the ends, where it sweeps a little upward to the posts. The midsection is rectangular, with the chines slightly rounded. At the bow is a small trunk calkin for the crew; abaft are three large cargo hatches, a pilothouse, and a small trunk cabin with a low single stack on it, with engine and boiler below. A skiff is carried on deck between the midship hatches, where there is also a hold-ventilating hatch. Heavy guards protect the sides and ends of the hull. The ]\'tlliarn Baxter was 97 feet long overall, feet between perpendiculars, feet
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