Boat Model, Potomac River Fish Lighter
date: label: date made
content: 1883
notes: label: Description
content: This model represents a lighter, a small flat-bottomed barge used to load and unload ships in port. In the late nineteenth century, lighters would have transported fish to Washington and Alexandria on the Potomac River. The lighter did not use oars or sails; instead, it was towed by a tug boat and steered with an outboard rudder. This model represents a lighter 52 feet long and about 14 feet wide. It was built in 1883 and given to the Smithsonian by George Woltz.
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Transportation
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content: Ship Models
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of George Woltz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.056950
label: catalog number
content: 056950
label: accession number
content: 12724
objectType: label: Object Name
content: boat, lighter
label: Object Name
content: boat, lighter, model
label: Other Terms
content: boat, lighter; Maritime; Fishing
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 1/2 in; 49.53 cm