Engineering:Florence (dragger)
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Builder: | Franklin G. Post |
Completed: | 1926 |
Status: | Operational museum ship |
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Installed power: | Gray Marine 6-71 |
Florence is a western rig dragger located at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut, United States. Florence was built in 1926 by Franklin G. Post along the Mystic River and was used as a dragger in Long Island Sound. In 1982 Florence was acquired by Mystic Seaport and completely restored to her original configuration. Florence is the only working dragger in a museum collection. Florence is now used to carry students to collect marine biology specimens from Fishers Island Sound.[1]
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