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[jtbyte]

 Bosphorus Paddle Steamer built by Messrs. Green in the mid 1850’s.   She was 165 feet in length and 21 feet in beam.  Her draught was 5 feet.  Another really nice looking vessel which would make a great model.   
I spent a few years working in Turkey during the mid 1980’s and often sat in the café’s under Galata Bridge, which spanned the Golden Horn, watching the ferries weaving in and out of each other.  I can just imagine what these old steamers would have looked and sounded like.

[GreenSteam]

Bosphorus Paddle Steamer built by Messrs. Green in the mid 1850’s.   She was 165 feet in length and 21 feet in beam.  Her draught was 5 feet.  Another really nice looking vessel which would make a great model.   
I spent a few years working in Turkey during the mid 1980’s and often sat in the café’s under Galata Bridge, which spanned the Golden Horn, watching the ferries weaving in and out of each other.  I can just imagine what these old steamers would have looked and sounded like.

Beautiful boat--certainly evokes an entirely different time, foreign to most (including me).  But I'd love to see it built!

Thanks for posting.

[Colin Bishop]

Here is something similar preserved in New England. I think you can get plans of her.

Colin

[Netleyned]

That is the way to preserve old ships.
Easier to maintain than having them
afloat with the attendant costs of
Docking to attend to hull corrosion.
The loss of the Lincoln Castle paddler
was down to a hull rotted and no dock
available for repair.


Ned

[Colin Bishop]

Yes Ned, for smaller vessels that is certainly the answer provided you can get them ashore to a suitable site. Ticonderoga was moved two miles inland to the extraordinary Shelburne Museum in Vermont. https://shelburnemuseum.org/collection/steamboat-ticonderoga/

She is in absolutely pristine condition.

Colin