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Above. flying the house flags of New Bedford whaling merchants, the Charles W. Morgan is dedicated at Col. Green's Round Hill estate in 1925. Her sand and gravel filled berth was sealed offfrom Buzzards Bay by a cofferdam. PhotobyAlbertCookChurch,courtesy Mystic Seaport Museum.
" ... our philosophy of conservation ... is that the changes and additions to an item ... are a true history of that object."
Ajier moving to Mystic, the Morgan was again kept in a sand berth. Here a tug and backhoe strain to free the Morgan from the sand that held her for 32 years. The backhoe operator is just visible to the right ofthe hoe. She was finally refloated on 6 December 1973. Photo by Mary Anne Stets, courtesy Mystic Seaport Museum.
SEA HISTORY 60, WINTER 1991-92
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