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Title: The Pioneer Steamship Savannah: A Study for a Scale Model
United States National Museum Bulletin 228, 1961, pages 61-80

Author: Howard I. Chapelle

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Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology:
Paper 21

THE PIONEER STEAMSHIP SAVANNAH:

A Study for a Scale Model

by

HOWARD I. CHAPELLE

_Howard I. Chapelle_

The Pioneer Steamship

SAVANNAH:

_A Study for a Scale Model_

_The original plans of the pioneer transatlantic steamer_ Savannah
_no longer exist, and many popular representations of the famous
vessel have been based on a 70-year-old model in the United States
National Museum. This model, however, differs in several important
respects from contemporary illustrations._

_To correct these apparent inaccuracies in a new, authentic model,
a reconstruction of the original plans was undertaken, using as
sources the ship's logbook and customhouse description, a French
report on American steam vessels published in 1823, and Russian
newspaper accounts contemporary with the_ Savannah's _visit to St.
Petersburg on her historic voyage of 1819. The development of this
research and the resulting information in terms of her
measurements and general description are related here._

THE AUTHOR: _Howard I. Chapelle is curator of transportation in
the United States National Museum, Sm