An exhibition standard 32ft:1in. scale model of the United States Steam Paddle Cutter 'Harriet Lane' built by J.A. Evans , with masts, yards with foot ropes, standing and running rigging and deck details including catheads, windlass, companionways, belaying rails, deck lights, superstructure with glazed wheelhouse, stayed funnel, paddle boxes with hand-railed walkways, four guns in carriages and two ship's boats with thwarts and oars in davits. The hull, plated to the waterline and fully planked above is finished in 'copper', black and white and mounted on two turned brass columns -- 3½ x 7in. (8.8 x 17.7cm.) . Glazed case The pride of the U.S. Revenue Service, she was used by the President and visiting dignitaries. At the out-break of war she was taken into the Navy, participated in the investing of Roanoke Island, the Atlantic blockade, capture of New Orleans, and the Galveston expedition. Here Harriet Lane was captured by a Confederate Army naval operation. Renamed Lavinia she slipped through a blockading cordon with 1,050 bales of cotton, safely reached Havana where the cargo was exchanged for French rifles. When war ended, she was towed to Hoboken, converted to a lumber bark (now called Elliott Ritchie ) and foundered in 1884 off Pernambuco. This model won the Gold Medal in the miniature class at the 1995 "Model Engineer" Exhibition at Olympia.
An exhibition standard 32ft:1in. scale model of the United States Steam Paddle Cutter 'Harriet Lane' built by J.A. Evans , with masts, yards with foot ropes, standing and running rigging and deck details including catheads, windlass, companionways, belaying rails, deck lights, superstructure with glazed wheelhouse, stayed funnel, paddle boxes with hand-railed walkways, four guns in carriages and two ship's boats with thwarts and oars in davits. The hull, plated to the waterline and fully planked above is finished in 'copper', black and white and mounted on two turned brass columns -- 3½ x 7in. (8.8 x 17.7cm.) . Glazed case The pride of the U.S. Revenue Service, she was used by the President and visiting dignitaries. At the out-break of war she was taken into the Navy, participated in the investing of Roanoke Island, the Atlantic blockade, capture of New Orleans, and the Galveston expedition. Here Harriet Lane was captured by a Confederate Army naval operation. Renamed Lavinia she slipped through a blockading cordon with 1,050 bales of cotton, safely reached Havana where the cargo was exchanged for French rifles. When war ended, she was towed to Hoboken, converted to a lumber bark (now called Elliott Ritchie ) and foundered in 1884 off Pernambuco. This model won the Gold Medal in the miniature class at the 1995 "Model Engineer" Exhibition at Olympia.
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