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D737-2
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- 1936-12-21 (Creation)
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Ed Mason with the model of the Canadian Pacific Lines flagship "Empress of Britain " that he finished in 1936. Sixteen year old Mason was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Mason, 2501 No. Washington Street. The Canadian Pacific Lines supplied him a set of plans for the ship from which he constructed the model over three years. Mason spent about three hours a day working on the model with files, tin snips, hammer and glue pots. The hull was made of white pine and the super structure of metal. The scale was 1/16 inch to a foot and the two lower decks, although not visible completely, were equipped and to scale. The real ship was used as a troop transport during the early phase of WWII, and sunk off Ireland in October of 1940. (T. Times 12/21/1936)
Mason, Ed; Model ships;