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Model Shipways 2021 User Manual

Taurus, Steam towboat

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Model Shipways

Kit No. 2021

Technical Characteristics:

Scale: 1/8" = 1' 0" (1:96)

Length: 9"

Height: 3-1/2"

Hull width: 2-1/4"

Steam Towboat

TAURUS

Towboats, like the TAURUS, were a

familiar sight in every American har-

bor and navigable tidal flat at the turn

of the century. Graceful, yet function-

al, they pulled large liners and

pushed heavy barges with ease. Dur-

ing the 1930's, steam engines lost

ground to Diesel propulsion, and

by the 1960's the steam units were

all but gone. A few steam tugs sur-

vive today as museum relics.

Steam Towboat

TAURUS