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Description: | A shipbuilders plating model of an open swim barge made from a solid block of wood. The hull has been painted ivory white. The hull has been marked with constructional details which include the size and disposition of frames, hull plates, weld lines and joints. External fittings include a fixed skeg at the stern and a stringer on the underside of the swimhead, whilst on deck there are four towing bollards (one missing), a raised patch coambing and a tow rail on the foredeck. The model is mounted on a wooden backboard which is painted the same colour as the hull and has a slightly moulded edge. The backboard is inscribed '250 tons open swim barges built for W M Cory and Son Ltd by Tees Side Ltd. By the Tees Side Bridge & Engineering works Ltd 1946. Principal dimensions Length Overall 87'-6" Breadth Moulded 2'-6" Depth Moulded 8'-6" Reg Tonnage Calculated 120 Tons. Airway Class. Airway Archway Bridgeway Creekway Crossway Eastway Endway Fenway Gateway Glenway Halfway Hawkway Hillway Iceway Landway Lockway Loopway Midway Northway Pineway Portway Rockway Roundway Seaway Shellway Shoreway Southway Stanway Stemway Streamway Sunway Treadway Westway Beachway Bushway Cairnway Clearway Cliffway Coastway Cutway Daleway Fernway Fordway Fireway Hedgeway Lightway Mineway Moorway Parkway Ropeway Roseway Skyway Cloudway Brentway Bureway Camway Clydeway Colneway Crouchway Deeway Donway Eskway Falway Fourthway Lynway Nithway Ormeway Ouseway Stourway Swaleway Tayway Teesway Thamesway Trentway Tweedway Tyneway Wearway Wyeway" and "Plate joints indicated in red apply to barges with names shown in red'.
CA: AAB.
caption: Airway class of swim barges - broadside
caption: Airway class of swim barges - deck view
caption: unavailable | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Tyneway fl.1946 Cloudway fl.1946 Roundway fl.1946 Donway fl.1946 Swaleway fl.1946 Creekway fl.1946 Lightway fl.1946 Lockway fl.1946 Wearway fl.1946 Wyeway fl.1946 Crouchway fl.1946 Falway fl.1946 Clydeway fl.1946 Iceway fl.1946 Southway fl.1946 Hillway fl.1946 Deeway fl.1946 Gateway fl.1946 Pineway fl.1946 Ouseway fl.1946 Loopway fl.1946 Moorway fl.1946 Cliffway fl.1946 Cairnway fl.1946 Mineway fl.1946 Shoreway fl.1946 Rockway fl.1946 Midway fl.1946 Shellway fl.1946 Fenway fl.1946 Airway 1946 Forthway fl.1946 Tweedway fl.1946 Skyway fl.1946 Crossway fl.1946 Landway fl.1946 Halfway fl.1946 Fordway fl.1946 Roseway fl.1946 Hawkway fl.1946 Ropeway fl.1946 Hedgeway fl.1946 Camway fl.1946 models (representations) Westway fl.1946 Endway fl.1946 Bureway fl.1946 Bushway fl.1946 Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum Trentway fl.1946 Bridgeway fl.1946 Seaway fl.1946 Archway fl.1946 Stemway fl.1946 Portway fl.1946 Clearway fl.1946 Streamway fl.1946 plating Sunway fl.1946 Colneway fl.1946 Stourway fl.1946 Greenwich Glenway fl.1946 Eastway fl.1946 Ormeway fl.1946 Eskway fl.1946 Treadway fl.1946 Northway fl.1946 Beachway fl.1946 Teesway fl.1946 Nithway fl.1946 Tayway fl.1946 Fireway fl.1946 Fernway fl.1946 Lynway fl.1946 Cutway fl.1946 Stanway fl.1946 Daleway fl.1946 Brentway fl.1946 Coastway fl.1946 Thamesway fl.1946 Parkway fl.1946 | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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