Looking for paddlewheel steamship plans...
Here's a 'Great Lakes Merchant Ship' question that might just be up Don Stauffer's alley.
I'm looking for plans/plan views of the paddlewheel steamer 'Lady Elgin,' which was famously lost in Lake Michigan in 1860.
I've done the usual 'deep dive' (no pun intended) internet searches...and I realize the next step is almost certainly contacting numerous historical societies...but I thought I'd throw it out here, in case somebody had a good (or obvious) idea that I hadn't thought of.
It's such an oddly-impressive looking profile...and being a 'Chicago boy' (her sometime-home port, and the port of departure for her last fatal voyage), I've found myself captivated with the idea of building her in some fashion. Despite (or perhaps because of) the odd 'ferris wheel' frames characteristic of many of the paddlewheel vessels of that era, she's got what is essentially a pretty simple layout. It would be an interesting project.
Any help or good ideas would be greatly appreciated.