Herreshoff #187809es [Rowboat for #40p Leila]
Particulars
Type: Rowboat
Designed by: NGH
Launch: 1878
Construction: Wood
LOA: 16' (4.88m)
Beam: 4' (1.22m)
Built for: Graham, William H.
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Note: Particulars are primarily but not exclusively from the HMCo Construction Record. Supplementary information not from the Construction Record appears elsewhere in this record with a complete citation.
Offsets
Offset booklet number(s): HH.4.002.2
Offset booklet contents:
#40, #45 [30' steam launch], rowboat for 40, sailboat for 40, double-ended launch yawl boat.
Offset Booklet(s) in Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass. (Restricted access --- see curator.)
Documents
Nathanael G. Herreshoff
"Row boat 16ft long. 4ft beam. Measurements to inside of planking in inches and 1 1/8ths. Keel straight at zero. 1 1/2 x 2in. Stem 1 1/4 thick." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Penciled notes accompanying offsets in offset booklet HH.4.002.2, p. 22. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.)
"[Summary of boats for] No. 40 [#40p Leila]. 16ft sail boat [#187806es], 2 row boats [#187808es, #187809es] & double ended steamer [#45p ??]." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Penciled notes accompanying offsets in offset booklet HH.4.002.2, p. 26. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.)
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