Four-mast bark 'Roanoke' under sail
Contributed by Maine Maritime Museum
Item 8871
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The Roanoke is setting sail, probably for the first time, off the mouth of the Kennebec River.
This vessel was the largest wooden square-rigger built in the U.S. It had a wooden hull, weighed 3,539 gross tons, was a sailing vessel, and had a register length of 311.2 feet.
She was built in 1892 and owned by A. Sewall & Co. of Bath, and used to carry cargoes around Cape Horn until being lost by fire at New Caledonia, August 10, 1905.
Other Information
- Title: Four-mast bark 'Roanoke' under sail
- Creator: J. C. Higgins & Son, Bath, ME
- Creation Date: 1892
- Subject Date: 1892
- County: Sagadahoc
- State: ME
- Media: glass plate negative
- Dimensions (cm): 28 x 35.5
- Local Code: Neg. No. 00142
- Collection: J. C. Higgins & Son Photographs, PC-24
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Maritime Museum
243 Washington Street, Bath, ME 04530
(207) 443-1316
http://www.mainemaritimemuseum.org/
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LC Subject Headings
Sails
Roanoke (Ship)--Photograph
Merchant ships
Sailing ships
Ships, Wooden
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