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| Location | Pier 17, foot of Fulton St.,New York, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°42′20″N74°0′10″W / 40.70556°N 74.00278°W /40.70556; -74.00278 |
| Built | 1885 |
| Architect | Oswald, Mordaunt & Co. |
| NRHP reference No. | 78001887[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 13, 1978 |
Wavertree is a historic iron-hulled sailing ship built in 1885. Now the largest wrought iron sailing vessel afloat, it is located at theSouth Street Seaport inNew York City.
Wavertree was built inSouthampton, England in 1885[2] and was one of the last large sailing ships built ofwrought iron. She was built for theLiverpool companyR.W. Leyland & Company, and is named after theWavertree district of that city.
The ship was first used to carryjute between easternIndia andScotland. When less than two years old the ship entered the "tramp trades", taking cargoes anywhere in the world. In 1910, after sailing for a quarter century, the ship was dis-masted offCape Horn and barely made it to theFalkland Islands. Rather than re-rigging the ship its owners sold it for use as a floating warehouse atPunta Arenas,Chile.Wavertree was converted into a sand barge atBuenos Aires,Argentina in 1947. This ship was discovered in 1967 at theRiachuelo River in Buenos Aires by an American citizen working on a sand barge and acquired by theSouth Street Seaport Museum in 1968. The ship was sent to the Arsenal Naval Buenos Aires for restoration. In 1969 after restoration was complete, the ship was towed to New York. The vessel was added to theNational Register of Historic Places on June 13, 1978.[1]
In 2015, the ship was sent to Staten Island's Caddell Dry Dock and Repair Co. Inc. for a $13 million restoration, funded by New York City's Department of Cultural Affairs, city council and Manhattan's borough president. The restoration included the replacement of steel plates below the waterline, a new ballast system, updated electrical systems, and coating work that includes a cathodic protection system.The restoration started in May 2015, and ended on 25 September 2016, when the ship returned to South Street Seaport museum.[3]
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