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Sternwheeler Catalog, The Marine Iron Works of Chicago

This 1902 catalog is 25 pages of quaint text and cuts of smallish vessels (50-125 feet in length) that could be useful to someone planning a small commercial or personal paddlewheel steamer. For example, this little pamphlet gives valuable information that would be difficult to calculate: their fifty-footer was fitted with an engine measuring 5" x 20" for 22 IHP, its draft was 12 inches light, and 20 inches with 9 tons load.

Accompanied by our title STERNWHEELERS & STEAM TUGS, the designer will get a pretty good picture of how to build his (or her) own personal sternwheel steamer.


The Marine Iron Works of Chicago, USA; River Navigation, Sternwheeler Catalog, 1902.
ISBN 0-948885-00-9, 25 pages, Paper, 9" x 6."