Engineering:Nellie L. Byrd (skipjack)
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Short description: United States historic place
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| Location | Middle River, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 39°19′19″N 76°25′37″W / 39.32194°N 76.42694°W |
| Built | 1911 |
| Architectural style | Skipjack |
| MPS | Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR |
| NRHP reference # | 85001093 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 16, 1985 |
The Nellie L. Byrd is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1911 at Oriole, Maryland. She is a 53.6' long two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She has a beam of 26.7', a depth of 4.8', and a net tonnage of 18 tons. She is one of the 35 surviving traditional Chesapeake Bay skipjacks and a member of the last commercial sailing fleet in the United States. When listed, she was located at Tilghman, Talbot County, Maryland.[2] Since 2005, she is located at Middle River, Maryland, Baltimore County, Maryland.[3][4]
She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 [1] and received a Save America's Treasures grant in 2006.[5] She is assigned Maryland dredge number 28.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008. https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP.
- ↑ "Maryland Historical Trust". NELLIE L. BYRD (skipjack). Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-14. http://mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?NRID=875.
- ↑ Chesapeake Bay Memories: Skipjack Nellie L. Byrd
- ↑ "Nellie L. Byrd". http://lastskipjacks.com/boats/nellielbyrd.html. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ↑ "Interior Department and Partners Announce $7.6 Million in Save America's Treasures Grants". US Department of the Interior. December 12, 2006. https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/archive/news/archive/06_News_Releases/061212.html. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
- ↑ Miller, Cyndy Carrington. "Skipjacks by dredge number". http://lastskipjacks.com/dredgenumbers.html.
External links
- NELLIE L. BYRD (skipjack), Talbot County, including photo in 1984, at Maryland Historical Trust
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