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A rigged static display model fo the American topsail schooner 'Eagle' of circa 1847 with masts, yards with foot ropes, standing and running rigging and deck details including anchors, windlass, cleats, belaying rails and pins, stove pipe, hatches, companionways, bilge pumps, deck rails, deck house, ship's wheel and ship's boat in stern davits with thwarts, oars and water barrel, finished in green, black and white with natural wood deck and mounted on two turned brass columns -- 19 x 24½in. (48.3 x 62.2cm.). Display base and perspex cover
Eagle was launched at Bath, Maine in 1847 and was employed in the Bath/New York City trade, a fast and popular packet, once making the run wharf-to-wharf in 2 days, 10 hours.
Eagle was launched at Bath, Maine in 1847 and was employed in the Bath/New York City trade, a fast and popular packet, once making the run wharf-to-wharf in 2 days, 10 hours.