Half Model of the Pilot Schooner <I>Hesper</I>
name: label: designer
content: Lawlor, Dennison J.
notes: label: Description
content: <I>Hesper</I> was a Boston pilot schooner, designed for speed in order to be the first to reach offshore merchant vessels and escort them through the treacherous harbor islands into the port. The fastest boat got to the client first, and <I>Hesper</I> had the reputation of being the fastest of the fast throughout her working career. Designed in 1884 by Boston naval architect Dennison J. Lawlor, the schooner measured 102 feet on deck by 23 feet in beam, with a 12-foot draft.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Work
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content: Transportation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dennison J. Lawlor, Shipbuilder, Chelsea, Massachusetts
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.076037
label: catalog number
content: 76037
label: accession number
content: 15228
objectType: label: Object Name
content: half model, pilot schooner