The Nightingale clipper ship
Contributed by Eliot Baha'i Archives
Item 6198
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The Green Acre Baha'i School property sits on what was formerly Hanscom's Shipyard on the Piscataqua River. There, in 1851 this famous clipper ship, the Nightingale, was built and launched.
Designed by Commodore Isaiah Hanscom and named after Norwegian singer Jenny Lind, this ship was, for a short time, the fastest ship on the seas. It sank in about 1893.
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- Title: The Nightingale clipper ship
- Town: Eliot
- County: York
- State: AK, ME
- Media: transparency
- Local Code: 14T
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Eliot Baha'i Archives
657 Goodwin Rd., Eliot, ME 03903
(207) 439-9411
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Rivers--Maine
Rivers--New Hampshire
Piscataqua River (N.H. and Me.)
Ships--Maine--Eliot
Baha'i Faith
Green Acre Baha'i School
Nightingale (Clipper ship)
Eliot (Me.)--History
Hanscom's shipyard (Eliot, Me.)
Shipyards--Maine--Eliot
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