Rides Again?

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An X-ray generator is part of the state-of-the-art technology being used to examine the Morgan’s structure. More Photos »
By WILLIAM J. BROAD
Published: August 16, 2010

MYSTIC, Conn. — The shipbuilders are long dead, their knowledge gone. The shipyard no longer exists. No blueprints survive, nor ship’s models.

But the Charles W. Morgan is still here — the world’s last surviving wooden whaling vessel, built in 1841. And restorers are spending $10 million to turn the museum piece into a working ship able to ply the unruly sea. They plan to sail the ship on its first voyage in nearly a century, opening a new chapter in its long career. More

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