Contributions From
The Museum Of History And Technology:
Paper 25

The Migrations Of
An American Boat Type

Howard I. Chapelle

THE NEW HAVEN SHARPIE[136]
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY SHARPIE[148]
THE NORTH CAROLINA SHARPIE[149]
SHARPIES IN OTHER AREAS[151]
DOUBLE-ENDED SHARPIES[152]
MODERN SHARPIE DEVELOPMENT[154]

THE MIGRATIONS OF
AN AMERICAN
BOAT TYPE

by Howard I. Chapelle

FIGURE 1.--Scale model of a New Haven sharpie of 1885, complete with tongs. (_USNM 318023; Smithsonian photo 47033-C._)