Model of a Ship Camel, Construction model of a small ship's camel, on a floorboard. The skin has been omitted. The rectangular hull has a flat pram-like bow. The camel has sixteen pumps in two rows, two capstans and two betings, a crane beam at the bow, and four drains below deck, operated with auger-like keys on top deck, to fill the camel. In the middle a piece of a mast has been placed, against the two stern stirrers, but only one broad rudder has been preserved., Rijkswerf Rotterdam (possibly), Rotterdam (possibly), c. 1840, wood (plant material), brass (alloy), model: h cm × w c

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Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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