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Whirligig
This sailor held an oar in each hand. The oars revolved when the wind
blew. This whirligig, once mounted on a stick, and its oars intact, belonged
to A.E. Fraser when he was a child in Nantucket in the 1890s.
Three Half-hulls
These three half-hulls from the museum's collection are builders' working
models from Stonington vessels. Builders scaled these models up to the
size they planned to build.
Sternboard of the whaleship Mary and Susan
The home port of the Mary and Susan was Stonington, but she
was built in Boston in 1826.
Ivory swift for winding yarn
Crafts like this were made by seamen to pass the time.
Model of the steamer Rhode Island
Steamers like this carried passengers on the New York-Stonington run.
This model was built by Manuel Francis from Stonington while he was a
keeper on nearby Latimer's Reef light.
Fourth order Fresnel lens
The light used in this museum was a sixth order Fresnel lens, slightly
smaller than the one here. The design of the handblown glass focuses
the light with great strength through the center of the lens, which was
fueled first with whale oil and later by kerosene.
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