CATALOGUE OF THE WATEECEAFT COLLECTION. 



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live lobsters from the fishing grounds to the various markets of New 

 England. They vary in size from 20 to 50 tons. Their special 

 feature is a well in the center for keeping the lobsters alive. 



The boat was- a carvel-built, wooden, keel vessel, with sharp bow ; 

 rising floor; long, clean run; square stern; flush deck; well amid- 

 ships for keeping alive fish, etc. The bottom of this section of the 

 vessel is perforated with holes for the purpose of allowing a free 

 circulation of water in the well. 



Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 53 feet 4 inches; beam, 

 15 feet 8 inches; dejpth of hold, 7 feet 4 inches; draft of water, aft, 



FIG. 44. NEW ENGLAND SMACK " STORM KING." 



7 feet 6 inches. Length of spars bowsprit, outside, 14 feet 8 inches; 

 foremast, above deck, 47 feet 6 inches; main topmast, 16 feet; fore- 

 boom, 14 feet 8 inches ; main boom, 38 feet 9 inches. Scale of model, 

 three-fourths inch equals 1 foot. 

 Gift of Johnson and Young. Cat. Xo. 26.584 U.S.X.M. 



Model of smack. 



The welled schooner, Joh?i W. Lowe, of Key "West, Fla., was built 

 in 1875 to engage in the market fishery from that port. The catch 

 is mostly kept alive in a well in the center of the vessel. On the 

 Atlantic coast of the United States a welled vessel is called a smack. 



