Summary
Model of the passenger excursion sidewheel paddle steamer PS Ozone. The original vessel of 572 tons was built by Napier, Shanks & Bell at Glasgow in 1886. The Ozone was operated by the Bay Excursion Co. Ltd on Port Phillip Bay between 1886 and 1918. In 1925 the Ozone was sunk off Indented Head, Victoria to form a breakwater.
This model is a cased longitudinal half-section. It was donated to the Museum by Bay Steamers Ltd in November 1943.
Physical Description
Half section model of a two level paddlesteamer with a red wheel, white funnels and a wooden panel deck. In a varnished wooden case with glass on three sides and a mirror back. Inscription label is undeneath model.
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Bay Steamers Ltd, 25 Nov 1943
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Donor
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Inscriptions
On wheel cover: OZONE On label: "OZONE" / BUILT BY NAPIER SHANKS & BELL / YOKER, GLASGOW. 1886 / FOR THE BAY EXCURSION CO. (LIMTD) MELBOURNE. / DESIGNED BY MORTON & WILLIAMSON, GLASGOW. // DIMENSIONS / LENGTH ... 260'-0" / BREADTH ... 281'-0" / DEPTH ... 11'-5" / TONNAGE 585 TONS // ENGINES, / CYLS ... 47'-85" DIAR / STROKE ... 5'-6" / RANKIN & BLACKMORE / GREENOCK
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Classification
Water transport, Steam power, Model paddlesteamers - passenger
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Object Dimensions
1965 mm (Length), 275 mm (Width), 485 mm (Height)
Dimensions of case.
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Model Scale
1:48 approx
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Keywords
Leisure Activities, Modelmaking, Paddle Steamers, Ship Models
