Rigged Model, Packet Ship <I>Ohio</I>
date: label: Date made
content: 1961
notes: label: Description
content: The packet ship <I>Ohio</I> was built at Philadelphia, PA in 1825 and measured 105’-6” on deck and 352 tons. Its ownership changed several times, beginning with C. Price & Morgan’s Philadelphia–New Orleans route in 1825. In 1830, the Russell Line bought the vessel, running it from New York to New Orleans. Eight years later, Hand’s Line purchased the <I>Ohio</I> and resumed its original Philadelphia–New Orleans route. Its later career is unknown.
label: Description
content: Packet ships derive their name from their original cargo—packets of mail. Unlike independent merchant vessels, packet companies maintained set schedules and routes, making it easier for merchants and industries to know when supplies would arrive and depart. The packet lines also received government subsidies for transporting the mails.
label: Description
content: Cotton production in the United States coincided with the upswing in coastal packet lines. By the mid-1800s, the United States was the world’s largest cotton producer. Most raw cotton came from the South, sailing out of New Orleans. During cotton’s off-season, the <I>Ohio</I> probably carried goods like lead, molasses, tobacco, flaxseed, and furs.
topic: label: related event
content: Expansion and Reform
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Transportation
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content: On the Water exhibit
label: Exhibition
content: On the Water
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: National Museum of American History. On the Water exhibition website
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.319025
label: catalog number
content: 319025
label: accession number
content: 236167
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ship
label: Object Name
content: ship model
label: Object Name
content: rigged model, packet ship
label: Object Name
content: model, rigged packet ship
label: Other Terms
content: ship; Maritime; Packet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 in x 20 in x 7 in; 38.1 cm x 50.8 cm x 17.78 cm