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Mystic Seaport

USA | Friday, 20 September 2024 | Views [48]

Whaling ship Charles Morgan, Mystic Seaport

Whaling ship Charles Morgan, Mystic Seaport

MYSTIC SEAPORT, MADE SEMI-FAMOUS by the Julia Robert’s film Mystic Pizza, is the largest seaport museum in the US. I often thought of stopping on my way to Boston but never quite made it. Until today.

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                      Mystic Seaport Museum

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                       Mid-Nineteenth Century Mystic model

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                     Brandt Point Lighthouse

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                         Harborside Mystic

The pride of the fleet, the Charles Morgan, is the oldest surviving wooden whaling ship. It comes complete with a whale boat and harpoon-forging blacksmith shop. All the ancillary crafts needed for sailing ships are also featured; barrel-making cooper, hemp-winding rope works and even a hoop-maker—for what purpose I know not.

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      Twisting hemp                                     Final product

No longer involved in ship-building, Mystic is still renowned for period ship restoration. Mayflower II, the replica of the Pilgrim’s ship, was partially rebuilt in Mystic and plans are afoot for another upgrade.

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               Joseph Conrad

        Whaleboat

Definitely worth three or four hours.

 

 

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