Coastal Cargo Steamer Model STL

A small coastal cargo steamer. The bluff hull has a low bulwark rail on stanchions all round, and a single long cargo hold with hatch covers fills most of the deck. Aft stand a short wheelhouse and a tall banded funnel; forward, a single mast carries a derrick boom for working cargo, with small winches at bow and stern. Little steam coasters like this carried coal, timber, stone and general goods to small harbours, piers and island communities, often loading and unloading with their own derrick…

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