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LEWIS R. FRENCH (Schooner)

Rockland, Maine
County of Knox.
Rockland Harbor
National Register Number: 82005263
 Resource type: Structure.
Property type: Maritime: Vessel. The threat level was Watch in
2004.
Congressional District: ME-1 Certified Local Government: NO
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Current use/information: Windjammer cruises available.

Statement of Significance (as of designation - December 4, 1992):
Built in 1871, this is the oldest surviving sailing vessel built in Maine, the center for wooden shipbuilding in the United States after the Civil War. FRENCH worked mostly as a coasting schooner, carrying a variety of cargoes both as a sailing and later a motor vessel; currently, she is a Maine windjammer, her schooner rig restored.

The U.S. Coast Guard requires changes that are not historically accurate.


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