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Plate 188-1   
Deck plan and side and interior plan of the whaling schooner Amelia, of New Bedford, Mass.
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THE WHALE FISHERY.
Deck plan of the
whaling schooner Amelia, of New Bedford, Mass.
95.44 tons.

(Sect. v, vol. ii, p. 234.)
Drawing hy C. S. Raleigh.


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Fig. 1. Deck plan. –

1, Heel of bowsprit. 17, After hatch.
2, Paul-bitt. 18, Galley or cook's office.
3, Windlass and bitts. 19, Deck-steps (small ladders leading from the main deck to the cabin deck).
4, Forecastle companion. 20, Cabin skylight.
5, Fluke-chain bitt. 21, Cabin companion.
6, Foremast. 22, Binnacle.
7, Cable boxes. 23, Steering wheel.
8, Try-pots. 24, Steering screw box.
9, Try-works. 25, Fore channels.
10, Chimneys or try-works pipes. 26, Main Channels.
11, Cooler. 27, Cutting-in gangway.
12, Scrap-hopper. 28, Whale boats on the cranes.
13, Main hatch. 29, Skids for spare boats.
14, Fore-sheet block. 30, Boat davits.
15, Mainmast. 31, Cat-heads.
16, Pumps.

Source.
George Brown Goode.
      The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States.
Section V, History and Methods of the Fisheries ... Plates.
1887.
At head of title page: "United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Spencer F. Baird, Commissioner."
Also on title page: "Prepared through the cooperation of the Commissioner of Fisheries and the Superintendent of the Tenth Census by George Brown Goode, Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and a staff of associates."
Also published as: Serial Set Vol. No. 2003, (47th Congress, 1st Session. Vol. No. 11, Misc.Doc. 124, pt. 7.)
288 p.
Maps Illustrations.

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Last updated by Tom Tyler, Denver, CO, USA, Dec 26 2022

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