Boat Model, Potomac River Shad Drag-Seine Galley
date: label: date made
content: 1883
notes: label: Description
content: This model represents a boat known as a galley, which was used for fishing in the Potomac River during the late nineteenth century. The galley was used for shad fishing with a drag seine. Seine fishing was a technique where a net was anchored in place with large wings that encircled and funneled fish into the net. These boats sometimes carried seine nets that were 30 feet deep at the hauling end and 12 feet deep at the shore end. Due to the size of the boat and the weight of the load, a galley could have 15-25 oars, most manned by two people. This model represents a galley 72 feet long and about 4 feet wide. The model was built in 1883 and was given to the Smithsonian by the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Maritime
label: See more items in
content: Transportation
label: See more items in
content: Ship Models
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U. S. Fisheries Commission
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.55877
label: catalog number
content: 55877
label: accession number
content: 7809
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shade sein boat, riged model
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in; 91.44 cm