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Description: | Scale: Unknown. Model of a section of the framing of an iron ship, showing the keel, floor frames, four cross frames and keelson. The model has been made from wood and cardboard and painted a uniform black colour. On the uppermost plate, a makers business card has been applied which reads "Westwood, Baillie, Campbell & Co. Ship builders, Boiler makers, Wrought Iron Bridge. Girder & Roof Builders. Pontoon, Caissoon & Dock Gate Constructors. London Yard Isle of Dogs. Near the Poplar station Blackwall Railway Gridiron 230 feet long for cleaning and repairing ships bottoms". A paper label marked "14" has also been applied to the uppermost plate.
The partnership of Westwood, Baillie, Campbell & Co shipbuilders and engineers at London Yard existed circa 1856-61.
CA: AAA.
caption: Skeleton model | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Westwood Greenwich Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum Campbell & Co skeleton models Baillie models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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