The Pioneer Steamship Savannah: A Study for a Scale Model / United States National Museum Bulletin 228, 1961, pages 61-80

The author reconstructs original plans and measurements for the early transatlantic steamship Savannah to correct inaccuracies in an existing museum model. Using sources including the ship's logbook, the customhouse register, contemporary French and Russian reports, and period illustrations, the research re-evaluates dimensions, hull form, and arrangement and explains measurement practices that produced register discrepancies. The paper contrasts the old, late-19th-century model with a newly built scale model based on the reconstructed plans and gives detailed descriptions of hull lines, paddles, rigging, and internal arrangement sufficient for accurate model-making. Technical discussion includes register measurement methods and the provenance of prior representations.