on that of all previoiis steamers designed for swif;ness, 

 such as the U. S. S. Niagara, designed by George 

 Steers and built before the Civil War. 



The half-model shows a wooden, single-screw, auxil- 

 iary steamer hull having very moderate and graceful 

 sheer, a straight keel with slight drag, upright stem 

 rabbet with a much rounded forefoot, upright post, 

 short roimd counter with flaring bulwarks, a very long 

 and sharp entrance with marked hollow adjacent the 

 forefoot, a short body, and a very long and rcmarkedly 

 fine run. The midsection is large, having a very 

 slightly rising floor, a quick, low turn of bilge, and 

 moderate tumble-home in the topside. 



The Meteor was rigged as a ship, having the Forbes 

 rig and a large spread of sail, comparable to that of 

 some of the earlier clipper ships, it being intended that 

 she sail equal to any sailing vessel in the world, as 

 well as that she steam faster than any ocean-going 

 steamer of ecjual gun power then afloat. There were 

 then some side-wheel steamers faster under steam, but 

 the Meteor would have been their superior in fighting 

 qualities. She resembled some of the fast wooden 

 cruisers built for the U. S. Navy at the end of the 

 Civil War. 



The model is for a ship 198 feet moulded length at 

 rail, 48 feet moulded beam, 1 8 feet 6 inches moulded 

 depth, and 1440 tons register. Scale of model is ]i 

 inch to the foot. 



Given by the designer, Dcnnison J. Lawlor, ship- 

 builder, Chelsea, Massachusetts. 



IRON, PASSENGER and FREIGHT STEAMER, 1878 

 Rigged Model, usnm 160201 



Cuba 



The iron single- screw steamer Cuba was built in 

 1878 by Neafie and Levy at Philadelphia, Pennsyl- 

 vania, for freight and passenger service in the Phila- 

 delphia-Havana run. The museum records state that 

 the model also represents the Oriental, built Ijy the 

 same firm over ten years earlier, but this is not sup- 

 ported by the register dimensions. 



The model is of a single-screw, iron steamer, brigan- 

 tine rigged, having a moderate and flush sheer, a 

 straight keel with slight drag, upright straight stem 

 with rounded forefoot, vertical post, round fantail 

 counter, long sharp entrance, and a long and easy 

 run. The midsection shows a slightly rising straight 



Rigged Model, US.NM 160201 , of 

 the iron screw steamer Cuhu, built 

 in 1878 at Philadclijhia to carry 

 passengers and frciglit in Havana 

 trade. {Smithsonian pliotos — top, 

 4495S-I; bottom, 4^956-g.) 



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