Wavertree at Caddell Dry Dock 1

Here are posts about Wavertree’s trip to the dry dock and before.  And below are two photos I hadn’t used in those posts.

May 21, 2015

May 21, 2015

In the past 10 weeks, prep for the actual dry docking has resulted in loss of at least a foot and a half of draft.  Mussels once submerged have lost their habitat.

July 30, 2015

July 30, 2015

Let’s descend into through the forward cargo hatch to see where a cavernous hold is getting even more cavernous.

from the ‘tween decks looking up and …

… down …

and all the way down

Note the ladder beyond the foremast, as seen from standing to starboard of the keelson.

Looking to the stern from the ‘tween decks.  As Mike Weiss said, “a cathedral of cargo.”

For scale, note the worker wearing a white hard hat on the keelson beyond the mast

Looking astern from atop a makeshift block of ballast on the port side of vessel.  That’s the main cargo hatch prominent in the center of the photo.   My response to Mike’s quote is “an ark of angled wrought iron.”

This is how the skeleton of a 130-year-old vessel looks.

Looking toward the rudder post from the ‘tween decks.

Returned to the main deck looking forward at the cargo hatches.

Removal of extraneous and/or non-original weight has included belgian block and large concrete block ballast.  This water tank may be original

And here are the credits.

Many thanks to Mike Weiss and  South Street Seaport Museum for the tour; click on that link for membership info.  August promises to be more prep work for dry docking.

All photos by Will Van Dorp.

Click here for CSM article about the 1983 initial and partial restoration of Wavertree.