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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A copper model of an aluminium alloy barge (1950). The hold capacity of 5210 cubic feet and a 150-ton load capacity is inscribed on the model, together with the name and address of the company that designed and built it, Fairmile Construction Company. The starboard bow has been cut away to reveal the interior framing, which we can see has great strength and rigidity for coping with huge loads and stresses. A large number of these utilitarian dumb barges were built for various owners and they were ? and indeed variants still are ? a common sight on Britain?s rivers and estuaries.
CA: BAB.
caption: Builder's, Full hull model | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum full hull ship models | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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