A DETAIL DISPLAY MODEL OF THE HUDSON RIVER FERRY 'ALEXANDER HAMILTON', built by Atlantic-Pacific Model Engineering, finished in red and white, with jack, ensign and other flag staffs and deck details including cleats and bollards, deck rails with mesh infill and wood cappings, capstan, companionways, wheelhouse, searchlight, stayed funnels, lifebelts and lifeboats in davits, paddle bowes and wheels and many other details mounted on two turned brass columns above an inlaid rectangular mahogany glazed case--16½in. high, 38½in. wide, 12½in. deep
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A DETAIL DISPLAY MODEL OF THE HUDSON RIVER FERRY 'ALEXANDER HAMILTON', built by Atlantic-Pacific Model Engineering, finished in red and white, with jack, ensign and other flag staffs and deck details including cleats and bollards, deck rails with mesh infill and wood cappings, capstan, companionways, wheelhouse, searchlight, stayed funnels, lifebelts and lifeboats in davits, paddle bowes and wheels and many other details mounted on two turned brass columns above an inlaid rectangular mahogany glazed case--16½in. high, 38½in. wide, 12½in. deep
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The Alexandrer Hamilton was launched on October 20, 1923, at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd., Sparrow's Point, Michigan, and ran between New York City and Albany.
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