From collection Elmer Montgomery Collection
Schooner HELVETIA
Looking up at bow; bowsprit removed for conversion to schooner barge. HELVETIA started in 1903, delayed completion until launch in July 1905 at I.L. Snow & Co. Rockland. John L. Gamage designer and master builder. Nearly lost on a ledge in Jericho Bay in 1937. Floated off, she was converted to a barge.