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Buckeye State - Ohio River sidewheel packet, built 1850

Hull 260' x 29.4'. Set the all-time steamboat speed record of 43 hours between Cincinnati and Pittsburgh in May 1850. These are prints of the drawings by the famous English civil engineer Thomas Tredgold. 6 sheets to 1:96th scale. Model size 33'' long, 7'' beam. Incl. engine drawing.

© January 2009: John L. Fryant, 7672 Crystal Cove Pointe, Maineville, Ohio 45039-7008, USA