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There’s something really significant about where the new VIRGINIA will be built! VIRGINIA was the first English ocean-going ship built on the North American Continent. She will be reconstructed beside the Kennebec River on the grounds of the Maine Maritime Museum, just twelve miles north of the Popham Colony where the original was built in 1607-1608. The site itself is that of the W. A. Donnell shipyard, where 65 wooden schooners were constructed from the 1860’s to the 1880’s. Only a few yards away, atop its original building ways at the old Percy & Small Shipyard, looms the massive, full-size sculptural evocation of WYOMING, built in 1909, the largest wooden sailing vessel ever built. And just half a mile upriver Bath Iron Works is actively constructing the United States Navy’s newest vessels for the 21st century. |
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Concept Drawing of the Construction Shed |
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Accessing the Construction Shed on the Water Side |
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Visitors walking up the ramp to the observation platform |
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The building site, east of the Museum’s Boatshop and next to its Boat Storage Shed, is easily accessible to the public and Museum visitors. A strong, temporary weather shelter will offer protection from the elements, and a viewing ramp will allow visitors to see construction activity close-up. Interpretive display boards will give background information about the Popham Colony and illustrate the construction process. “C-Deck”, the lower level of the Museum’s Boatshop, will be used as a workshop. Note: Drawings above done by Sam Manning. All in all, it’s going to be a site (sight) to remember! Just imagine – the BIGGEST and the FIRST, side by side! |
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