BATH — Visitors are welcome to visit the Bath Freight Shed, where workers are reconstructing Maine’s First Ship Virginia.
The boat shed containing Maine’s First Ship collapsed during Hurricane Sandy, but volunteers have rebuilt it and they’re back in business.
Straddling the keel, the white platform measures 16 square feet, accommodating the full layout of each of Virginia’s frames for assembly and drilling/inserting trunnels.
Virginia’s forward frames are being built between now and May.
Winter visiting hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the freight shed on Commercial Street.
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