Sequicentennial Snapshot Classroom schooner brings Wisconsin history to life

Students from Port Washington High School recently received hands-on training in shipbuilding. They learned how early Wisconsinites constructed the schooners that were common on the Great Lakes. To the left, Kate MacRae (top), Carrie Albinger, and Julianne Klumb (bottom) take measurements for a plank on the underbody of Wisconsin’s Flagship, under construction at Milwaukee’s lakefront. To the right, Owen Jones receives help from project volunteer Harold Kinas in preparing the plank. To arrange for a tour or for information, contact the Wisconsin Lake Schooner Education Association at 414-276-7700. For more information, go the Wisconsin Lake Schooner Association Web site at http://www.wis-schooner.org/.

- Photos by Bill Hurley

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Posted May 4, 1998