USS Consitiution Drawings 1927 1931 Restore
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Drawing from the 1927 to 1931 restoration of the USS Constitution.
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“Compass” Timbers
“Compass” timbers are naturally curved sections of trees, cut and used in ship
construction where they are called “breast hooks” in the bow and “transom wings”
(upper left) in the stern . Each “hook” or “wing” is one enormous piece of a live
oak. Transom wings, aft magazine; NHHC Det. Boston, 2012
Live Oak, St. Simons
Island, GA; NHHC Det. Timber Merchant’s
Boston, 2010 Guide…Peter
Guillet (1823)
(Left & below)