. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Scale of the model is % inch to the foot; the vessel represented would be 61 feet at rail, 11 feet 6 inches beam, and would draw about 5 feet 6 inches. The mast was 34 feet above deck, the gaff was 15 feet 6 inches long, the smoke-stack stood 12 feet above the rail, and the vessel had a screw 4 feet 6 inches in diameter. Given by U. S. Fish Commission. BiLoxi Fishing Schooner Under Sail. A builder's half-model (USNM 311226) of this vessel, the /. Heidenheim, is in the Watercraft Collection. {Smithsonian photo 33463-) MENHADEN FISHING STEAMER
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Scale of the model is % inch to the foot; the vessel represented would be 61 feet at rail, 11 feet 6 inches beam, and would draw about 5 feet 6 inches. The mast was 34 feet above deck, the gaff was 15 feet 6 inches long, the smoke-stack stood 12 feet above the rail, and the vessel had a screw 4 feet 6 inches in diameter. Given by U. S. Fish Commission. BiLoxi Fishing Schooner Under Sail. A builder's half-model (USNM 311226) of this vessel, the /. Heidenheim, is in the Watercraft Collection. {Smithsonian photo 33463-) MENHADEN FISHING STEAMER, 1883 Rigged Model, usnm 76012 Jemima Boomer The model is of the menhaden fishing steamer Jemima Boomer of Tiverton, Rhode Island, designed es- pecially for this fishery by Dennison J. Lawlor in 1882 and launched the following year. She was considered a good example of her type, carrying a large cargo and having a speed of 9 to 10 knots loaded. These steam- ers worked near the land and fished only in good weather. The model shows a single-screw wooden steamer of narrow beam having a straight keel with some drag, an upright and nearly straight stem, vertical post with k II. 237. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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