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Lennart Elg

I have started construction of a 1/48 scale waterline model of a small freight sternwheeler. The model is a kit produced by Kitwood Hill Models, and is based on illustrations from the 1902 catalogue of the Marine Iron Works of Chicago. See http://www.kitwoodhillmodels.com/50ft-river-steamer/ I have ...

I´m Lennart Elg, living near Stockholm, Sweden. I joined this forum to learn more about the technical aspects of old steamboats. My main interest is railroad history, but of course early railroads were both complements and competitors to steamboat traffic. The first railroads filled in gaps in canal...