As for yesterday’s mystery picture: It is actually one of the many former railroad stations that have been converted to private residences. Though now thanks to your guesses yesterday, I have new photo ideas for a trip to arbutus to find its look alike and to Frederick to picture the Barbara Fritchie house.
Today’s photo has nothing to do with that though. Today we see the USS Constellation, proudly on display in the Inner Harbor. Around fifteen years ago the ship was suffering from some serious water problems. It was sinking into the harbor. Its masts had to be removed to reduce its weight, and then people were eventually denied access. For quite some time water had prevented people from getting to the lower decks. The ship was eventually dragged to a dry dock and repaired. Then, a decade ago, the ship was returned to the harbor with its masts in place and with its buoyancy issues completely resolved, as you can see by the position of the water line.
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1 bryanintimonium // Jun 12, 2009 at 7:31 AM
It was also correctly restored! Previous restorations had believed the ship to be 18th century frigate by the same name. This Constellation was built as the original was being broken up. This Sloop of War Constellation is the only Civil War vessel afloat today.
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