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Union Craft
Union Craft was a toy and model boat maker whose surviving products include powered boats. Examples include a battery-operated boat with a plastic hull, wooden upper structure and outboard motor, and wooden speedboats marked as made in Japan. A specialist boat-collecting page also groups Union Craft and Langcraft examples, including a powered model with a detachable cabin roof. The documented range centers on model watercraft.
- Founded
- 1970
- Countries
- United States
- Locations
- Craftsville, New Jersey
- Founders
- John Carpenter
The story of Union Craft
Union Craft is documented in surviving model-boat examples. An April 2013 auction catalogue describes a battery-operated Union Craft boat with an outboard motor, a plastic hull and a wooden upper structure. The same catalogue lists a Union (Japan) wooden speedboat, identifying it as a separate boat under the Union name and noting its length and hull colours. A specialist watercraft collection page records Union wooden model boats and a Union Craft/Langcraft powered boat with an outboard motor and detachable cabin roof. These references establish a boat-making identity and examples of the range, but do not provide a company chronology.
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