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100 year old boatbuilding shed in Lunenburg NS to get facelift
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100 year old boatbuilding shed in Lunenburg NS to get facelift This story The Canadian Press Construction will; be divided into two phases and will be done by summer 2021. A significant piece of shipbuilding history on Nova Scotia's picturesque Lunenburg waterfront is getting upgraded with the Governments help. Ottawa and the Province are spending $ 1.5 million to revitalize the Big Boat Shed which was the main boatbuilding facility of the Smith and Rhuland Shipyards which opened in !900.. More than 270 boats were built there including prominent vessels such as the HMS Bounty , HMS Rose and the Bluenose II. The original Bluenose as pictured on Canada's dime was built next door. The improvements will see the building stabilized while the floor is being reconstructed and a full concrete slipway will be installed.The Province is spending $1 million while the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency will give $500,000.00 to build a new accessible viewing deck so the public can observe large boat construction and repair activities, while an exhibit area will also be part of the expansion. The town of Lunenburg is a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of Nova Scotia's most visited tourism destinations.The restoration will certainly be a wonderful place for local people and tourists to visit and the potential for new businesses to set up and thrive..Lunenburg is a friendly and wonderful place to visit and one of the many stops for the Tall Ships that sail all around the world.. On a personal note my Dad was a Merchant Marine and he went to sea at the tender age of 16 yrs on a ship called The Sherman Zwicker which was built in Nova Scotia, the ship ran supplies to the fighting men in world war two...The Sherman Zwicker is one of the Tall Ships that visit Lunenburg when they come into port there , its a spectacular sight when these ship come in the harbor under full sail...     |
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4/19/2019 6:32 am |
Its surely a wonderful well deserved face lift for Smith and Rhuland boatbuilding Lunenburg NS,
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4/19/2019 7:48 am |
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and ... Love those old ships, great to hear their saving some of the history! Great post, Kitty, Thanks !
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4/19/2019 7:56 am |
THE WORKERS We tore the iron from the mountain’s hold, By blasting fires we smithied it to steel; Out of the shapeless stone we learned to mould The sweeping bow, the rectilinear keel; We hewed the pine to plank, we split the fir, We pulled the myriad flax to fashion her. Out of a million lives our knowledge came, A million subtle craftsmen forged the means; Steam was our handmaid and our servant flame, Water our strength, all bowed to our machines. Out of the rock, the tree, the springing herb We built this wandering beauty so superb. BY JOHN MASEFIELD, about the men who built the ships, Thanks again!
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4/19/2019 9:08 am |
I do too and Lunenburg is about a 30 minute drive from here where I live..I can drive straight to that place or take the local ferry across the river I live near as well..my late husband worked on some of the ships there as well he was a marine mechanic ...he loved his job got to see a lot of great ships and vessels...thanks
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4/19/2019 9:11 am |
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and ... Love those old ships, great to hear their saving some of the history! Great post, Kitty, Thanks !
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4/19/2019 9:13 am |
THE WORKERS We tore the iron from the mountain’s hold, By blasting fires we smithied it to steel; Out of the shapeless stone we learned to mould The sweeping bow, the rectilinear keel; We hewed the pine to plank, we split the fir, We pulled the myriad flax to fashion her. Out of a million lives our knowledge came, A million subtle craftsmen forged the means; Steam was our handmaid and our servant flame, Water our strength, all bowed to our machines. Out of the rock, the tree, the springing herb We built this wandering beauty so superb. BY JOHN MASEFIELD, about the men who built the ships, Thanks again!
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4/19/2019 9:14 am |
That is great news ; very glad to hear they are doing something to preserve our long history of ship building and sailing .
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4/19/2019 9:26 am |
Set the main sail and put her to the wind....... I have been aboard the USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides" in Boston harbor many times, always gave me goose bumps! Would love to be in open sea, her sails in full wind.....
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4/19/2019 11:52 am |
That is great news ; very glad to hear they are doing something to preserve our long history of ship building and sailing .
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4/19/2019 11:55 am |
Set the main sail and put her to the wind....... I have been aboard the USS Constitution, "Old Ironsides" in Boston harbor many times, always gave me goose bumps! Would love to be in open sea, her sails in full wind.....
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4/19/2019 11:59 am |
thanks Jack too bad people couldn't come here and see the place ones that I chat with here its truly amazing..thanks hon.
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