Author David Gendell shares an excerpt from the newly released book, "The Last Days of the Schooner America: A Lost Icon at the Annapolis Warship Factory".| Sailing World
Shipbuilding in the lower Connecticut River valley goes back to the 17th century. Earliest shipbuilding in Connecticut started around 1648 in colonial Windsor, upriver of Hartford. In 1650s, Robert Lay build a wharf at the present site of the Connecticut River Museum on riverfront of the Gateway town of Essex.| Connecticut River Gateway Commission