Trawler

Object summary

Title: Trawler
Object ID: HG-66-A-2
Date made: 1966
Place made: United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge, MIT
Maker: MIT, Department of N. A. & M. E. Model Shop; Sneider, Gene
Creator/maker: Reynolds, Stanley Cary
Object type: Model--Full Hull
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Hart General Collection
On view: No

Description

Fully rigged model of a diesel-powered trawler from the 1930s. Model suggests a steel hull with raised foredeck, pilothouse and living quarters aft, and side-launched otter trawl. Hull is black with natural wood deck and white superstructure, mounted on a flat wood base.