Launching the FREDERIC A. DUGGAN

Launching the FREDERIC A. DUGGAN

Image of the four-masted schooner FREDERIC A. DUGGAN launching at Bath. Visible in image: The schooner FREDERIC A. DUGGAN hits the water for the first time at the New England Company Shipyard. Horses pull shores from under her hull as it moved down the ways. A crowd had gathered to watch the launch. The boatmen on the far right may be spectators or shipyard crew waiting to collect floating blocks and wedges after the launch. The stern of a another vessel is visible to the left.