Wyoming Sculpture

Wyoming Sculpture. Sparred Length (tip of jibboom/bowsprit to stern rail) 426 feet. , The white-painted steel structure in front of you is a sculpture representing the bow and stern of the six-mast schooner Wyoming, the largest wooden vessel built in the United States. The sculpture stands where the schooner was built in 1909, but somewhat closer to the street because of wetlands protection regulations. The sculpture is the same size as the original Wyoming., This is the first portion of a sculpture that will eventually show the shape of the entire length of the hull, and all six masts., The original Wyoming was a coastal schooner capable of carrying 6,000 long tons of coal. She was the largest of seven six-masters, and many other vessels, built in this shipyard., [Background photo caption reads] , The six-mast schooner Wyoming ready to launch on December 15, 1909. Because the sculpture was built close to the street, and because this photograph was taken from a spot to the west of where you are standing, the perspective is different., [Sculpture information] , Artists: Joe Hemes and Andreas von Huene, Artists' Design Team: Larry Bartlett, Patrick Carroll, Sam Manning, Ken Martin, Kevin Moquin, Bob Swift, 2006 Builders: Reed and Reed, ARC Enterprise, Inc., Bath Iron Works Corp., S.W. Cole Engineering, Nadeau and Lodge, Pinkham and Greer, Inspired and informed by research and plans done by Ralph Linwood Snow and Capt. Douglas K. Lee. Archaeology by Dr. Neill DePaoli, conservation by Molly Carlson.