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tions into one block, and the lines are taken off by a mechanical 

 device specially invented for that j)urpose. 



Gift of William P. Pattee. Cat. No. 76,069 U.S.N.M. 



Block model of three-masted schooner. 



The three-masted centerboard schooner Nellie S. Pickering, of 

 Belfast, was built from this model in 1870 by C. P. Carter & Co., and 

 the next j'ear the schooner Fame Gorham Tvas also built from the 

 model. These vessels were specially designed for the lumber trade 

 of Jacksonville, Fla., and are very shallow, with no drag. This 

 form enables them to carry a large cargo on a light draft, so that, 

 when loaded, they pass easily over the bar of the St. Johns Kiver. 



The Pickering was a wooden, carvel-built, centerboard schooner, 

 with moderately sharp flaring bow; long, low flat floor, with short 

 turn to bilge ; short but finely shaped run ; broad, square stern ; strong 

 sheer. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 136 feet; beam, 32.9 feet; 

 depth of hold, 9.3 feet; spars; masts, 77, 78, and 79 feet long; top- 

 masts each 48 feet; bowsprit, outboards, 20 feet; jib boom, outside 

 cap, 30 feet; spanker boom, 48 feet. Scale of model, three-eighths 

 inch equals 1 foot. 

 Gift of C. P. Carter & Co. Cat. No. 76,078 U.S.N.M. 



Block model of three-masted schooner. 



The three-masted merchant schooners James M. Riley and Susan P. 

 Thurlow, were built from this model at Harrington, Me., in 1872. 

 They were designed for the West Indian trade in winter and for the 

 coastwise trade in summer. 



The Riley was a wooden, carvel-built (probably centerboard) 

 vessel with moderately sharp strongly flaring bow; long head; re- 

 curved stem; long, flat floor; quick turn to bilge; wall side; short, 

 well-formed run ; square stern ; fine sheer. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 133 feet 10 inches ; between 

 perpendiculars, 126 feet 5 inches ; beam, 31 feet 1 inch ; depth, 16 feet 

 7 inches; net tonnage, 440.07. Scale of model, three-eightlis inch 

 equals 1 foot. 



The Riley was lost at Fortune Islands in 1886. 

 Gift of V. L. Coffin. Cat. No. 76.119 U.S.N.M. 



Block model of three-masted schooner. 



The three-masted schooner John Bird, of Rockland, was built from 

 this model by C. P. Carter & Co., of Belfast, Me., in 1872. She was 

 a single-deck vessel, and was designed for the general coasting trade, 

 but chieflv to carrv cargoes of lime. 



