Henry B. Hyde, the Shenandoah and Our Own Kaiulani to Sea -and Outlived Them All of her service was in Maine and on the Kennebec In 1977 Maine Maritime Museum began the deliberate and arduous task of keeping Seguin steaming into her second century. This is of course a task not to be taken lightly, especially in the present economy. But work has and still goes on, although at a reduced rate due to current fund ing cuts. Through the use of volunteers, apprentices, and part time professionals, work is progressing. The vessel has been hau led out at the Musuem 's Percy and Small Shipya rd , where a temporary structure has been built to facilitate repair wo rk . Work stopped th is summer so that other Museum and Shipyard work can be done. But as the summer winds down to a slower pace, a group of dedicated peo ple will again be working toward the preservation of the maritime past in the steam tug Seguin. .t
Jn her first year, 1884, white-painted like a yacht, with varnished house and gilded nameboard-as she may be again one day when rebuilding is complete.
Here she is with a white plume of steam, pushing aboul the giant schooner Wyoming on December 15, 1909. And, al lower right, here in sober gray, towing a clutch of schooners, date unkno wn.
Charles Robert Pallerson pain led her here with !he mighly Henry B. Hyde, at the mouth of the Kennebec-a ve1y "going away" painting, wilh the great Down Easter lenglhening her stride as she breaks ou/ canvas, about to leave !he solicitous tug behind. So she towed the graceful bark Kaiulani to sea in 1899-the las1 American square rigger to round Cape Horn, the last of the square-rigged Down Easters . . . and the ship our National Sociely was founded to save, but did no/ succeed in saving.
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