An overhaul for Mystic Seaport's steamboat Sabino
December 17, 2014 11:00 pm
• Last Updated: December 18, 2014 11:01 pm
Workers at Mystic Seaport's H.B. duPont Preservation Shipyard, with a crew from Brownell Systems Inc., on Wednesday move the steamboat Sabino into the main shop building at the shipyard. The Sabino, built in 1908 and the last wooden, coal-fired steamboat in operation in the U.S., will be out of the water for an 18-month restoration, the first major work done on the boat since the mid-1970s.
Mystic - Workers at the Mystic Seaport's H.B. duPont Preservation Shipyard, with a crew from Brownell Systems Inc., move the steamboat Sabino into the main shop building at the shipyard Wednesday, December 17, 2014. Built in 1908 and the last wooden, coal-fired steamboat in operation in the U.S., The Sabino will be out of the water for an 18-month restoration. This is the first major work on the boat since the mid-1970s.
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