You can now subscribe to receive new Restoring an Icon posts straight to your inbox! Sign up here. * * * Building or restoring a vessel would be nearly impossible without scaffolding and the ability to lift heavy objects into and out of the ship. In the 1790s, scaffolding was a simple system of wooden posts, crossbars, andRead more
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