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Ironsides (c) Strawbery Banke MuseumStrawbery Banke Presents
HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH #37

The 1830 poem "Old Ironsides" stirred public opinion against Navy plans to scrap the 1797 frigate. This rare photo is among the oldest in US Navy archives. It shows the USS Constitution being refit as a training vessel at the Portsmouth Shipyyardl. This image also shows the new $1.3 million drydock that had a steam-powered hydraulic system.

 


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Ironsides at Portsmouth Shipyard / Strawbery Banke Museum

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From HISIORIC PORTSMOUTH
Early Photographs from the Collections of Strawbery Banke
by James L. Garvin & Susan Grigg, Peter Randall Publisher
(c) Strawbery Banke Museum . All rights reserved.

 

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