Sabino restoration steams along
July 21, 2017 12:00 am
• Last Updated: July 21, 2017 10:21 pm
Staff at Mystic Seaport gather and document as crew of the steamship Sabino get the vessel's J.H. Payne & Son two-cylinder expansion engine running Friday, July 21, 2017, for the first time since December 2014 before the vessel left the shipyard en route to its regular berth. The Sabino, built in 1908 in East Boothbay, Maine, is one of the last surviving coal-fired steamboats in regular operation today and is designated a National Historic Landmark vessel. Sabino has been out of service undergoing an extensive restoration that included a new boiler and is expected to return to passenger service in early August. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Mystic — Mystic Seaport staff and crew got the steamship Sabino's J.H. Payne & Son two-cylinder expansion engine running Friday for the first time since December 2014.
The Sabino, built in 1908 in East Boothbay, Maine, is one of the last surviving coal-fired steamboats in regular operation today and is designated a National Historic Landmark vessel. It has been out of service undergoing an extensive restoration that included a new boiler and is expected to return to passenger service in early August.
Mystic Seaport's steamship Sabino steams along the Mystic River on Friday, July 21, 2017, en route from the Seaport's H.B. duPont Preservation Shipyard to its regular berth. The Sabino, built in 1908 in East Boothbay, Maine, is one of the last surviving coal-fired steamboats in regular operation today and is designated a National Historic Landmark vessel. Sabino has been out of service undergoing an extensive restoration that included a new boiler and is expected to return to passenger service in early August. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
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