nautical – Page 3

Virdigris. Detail of decoration on a bronze ship’s cannon. This sixteen-pounder was cast in Seville, Spain, in 1801. At the Portsmouth, Virginia waterfront.

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Virdigris. Detail of decoration on a bronze ship’s cannon. This sixteen-pounder was cast in Seville, Spain, in 1801. At the Portsmouth, Virginia waterfront.

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First order Fresnel lens, salvaged from the 1895 Hog Island Lighthouse, and now displayed at the Portsmouth, Virginia waterfront.

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First order Fresnel lens, salvaged from the 1895 Hog Island Lighthouse, and now displayed at the Portsmouth, Virginia waterfront.

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Two views of the bowsprit decoration and figurehead of the schooner Lady Maryland, docked in Portsmouth, Virginia.

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Two views of the bowsprit decoration and figurehead of the schooner Lady Maryland, docked in Portsmouth, Virginia.

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Bilge happens.

For buffleheadcabin: hitches and belaying pins on the schooner Pride of Baltimore II, docked in Portsmouth, Virginia.

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For buffleheadcabin: hitches and belaying pins on the schooner Pride of Baltimore II, docked in Portsmouth, Virginia.

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