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Paddler Information => Research => Topic started by: Eddy Matthews on February 15, 2011, 01:24:14 AM
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Hi guys,
I'm trying to find photos of the civil war ironclad USS Benton, but apart from one or two very small images on the net I'm finding it very difficult to get much..... Can anyone help?
Regards
Eddy
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Just a reminder.... Can anyone help please?
Regards
Eddy
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unfortunately no but it looks interesting should anyone come up with something, is that a single paddlewheel at the stern, completely enclosed?
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unfortunately no but it looks interesting should anyone come up with something, is that a single paddlewheel at the stern, completely enclosed?
It has twin paddlewheels Mick - The rear of the boat has twin hulls with the paddlewheels mounted in between them. A strange design, which is why it interests me! :D
Eddy
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Not the Benton, but a couple of plans for civil war boat plans on EBay.
http://stores.ebay.com.au/PLANS-N-THINGS?_trksid=p4340.l2563
Item number: 200572270600
Item number: 200404223307
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Not the Benton, but a couple of plans for civil war boat plans on EBay.
http://stores.ebay.com.au/PLANS-N-THINGS?_trksid=p4340.l2563
Item number: 200572270600
Item number: 200404223307
Have you seen this drawing at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-b/benton.htm
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Eddie, I'm still trying to find info. i haven't even found the source where I got the other info. Have you looked at this site?
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-b/benton.htm
info on Benton about halfway down page
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/1ironclads.htm
here's the sister boat Cairo. i was in Vicksburg shortly after they found her on the river bottom and was salvaging her. Vicksburg is 800 miles from me. I have some models in a museum there.
http://www.nps.gov/vick/historyculture/uss-cairo-gunboat.htm
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Thanks Barry and Joe, that helps a great deal....
Regards
Eddy
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I found another photos in an old mag. The Library where the photo originated from is the murphy Library in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. They have thousands of historical photos that they will copy for people. Just email them and ask if they have photographs of the USS benton and they'll get back with you with what they have and the cost.
http://www.uwlax.edu/MurphyLibrary/
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I wonderd why this class had twin hulls with the center wheel. They're are coverted snagboats. i knoew they seized and converted just about every boat afloat.
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Look at what I found in a Civil War Book
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You've certainly been busy tonight Joe, many thanks for all the stuff you managed to find, it's miles better than I managed when I did a search!!
Regards
Eddy
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I'm five hours behind you so the sun is still shinning here. It's 4:22 so the evening is young. I'm trying to find stuff. I just had to give you the itch even worse to want to build it ha ha.
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I'm five hours behind you so the sun is still shinning here. It's 4:22 so the evening is young. I'm trying to find stuff. I just had to give you the itch even worse to want to build it ha ha.
No worries there Joe, at the moment I don't have a paddler for our Paddler Day, so I have to get something built! And the USS Benton appeals to me as something different from the norm....
Regards
Eddy
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Hi Eddy. Must have missed this one! I have an excellent book oin ships and battles of the Civil War. There is an excellent artists impression of the Benton in there with bags of detail. I will dig it out for next wednesday. Regards, Walter.
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I know this is an old thread but the Benton isn't well documented as you've already found. Here's another that I have in my files.
BTW, if anyone would be interested in the latter Union City Class, aka Pook's Turtles, gunboats I have some excellent CAD files available that eventually are slated for a 1:72 or larger scale laser cut semi kit.
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Thanks Hermill, I already had that file in my collection.... Do you have a drawing/photo of the Union City class boats? I don't have CAD software, so a jpeg image would be ideal.
Regards
Eddy
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Eddy, I just uploaded the PDF file containing plans, build article & reference photos. This plan is primarily of the hull, frames but but offers enough detail for anyone to do a proper build.
The CAD files are much more concise consisting of 9 separate files for hull, gun deck & hurricane decks.
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That's superb Hermill, and VERY quick!! ;)
That may well become a future project, maybe for the 2013 Paddler Day?
Many thanks
Eddy
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WOW!!!
I've now had a chance to look at the plans and photos in a bit more detail. They give everything needed to build a model, so work will start once Paddler Day is over....
Regards
Eddy
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Glad to know you liked what you saw. There were just a few of us on the Yahoo site waiting for all the plans to be completed before the author lost interest & shut it down so I doubt many know they exist.
The City Class is another project that I keep adding to my bucket list for an eventual build. As mentioned, I already sent the files to a someone who excels in 3D drawings to have a laser kit produced. I already have a 1:72 Canonicus monitor, USS Manhattan, on the water as well as the hull for CSS Tennessee mostly done. USS Chickasaw will follow which at that time I'll have all the major ironclads that fought in The Battle of Mobile Bay.
If you haven't already downloaded Steve Lund & Bill Hathaway's Modeling Civil War Ironclad Ships, by all means you'll want it as part of your reference library & then follow with something as exotic as Chocktaw or Osage.
http://walternelson.com/ironclads.pdf