From collection J. E. Perkins Collection
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Image of the schooner MARY L. NEWHALL. Visible in image: The four-masted schooner MARY L. NEWHALL nearing completion at a shipyard in Bath, Maine. Two men standing in front of the schooner's bow give a sense of scale. Her anchor chains dangle to the ground, not yet paired with anchors. In the background of the shipyard are two steamboats. The MARY L. NEWHALL's frames were originally made for a U.S. Navy warship in 1862, but were sunk in Portsmouth Harbor following the Battle of Hampton Roads and the apparent ascendancy of the ironclad over traditional wooden warships. The frames were purchased and recovered in 1903. The NEWHALL was abandoned at sea February 3, 1908, in heavy gales. The crew of 10 was rescued by the steamer BERMUDIAN.
