ICC Steel Dump Barge -- Proposal #424

3D Model

William Cramp and Sons Shipbuilding and Engine Company Steel Dump Barge for the Isthmian Canal Commission – Proposal #424 (Dated 7 December 1908).

Model created in Rhino from blueprints obtained from SUNY Maritime College’s Herbert Lee Seward Collection (Bronx, New York)

Length over all - 154’ 0”

Beam moulded - 32’ 0”

Draft moulded - 8’ 0”

This vessel resembles the remains of “El Lanchon” located in Puerto Viejo on the Talamanca coast of Costa Rica.

Model by Nathan Richards (ECU and CSI). Thanks to Annie Tummino (Stephen B. Luce Library, SUNY Maritime College). Project credit: Program in Maritime Studies, East Carolina University & Maritime Heritage Program, UNC Coastal Studies Institute.