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Hold of a Down Easter
Document Type: Photo/Image
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ID Number: Ship_Hold
Keywords: Life at Sea, Shipbuilding, Shipping
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Description:
This picture shows the large volume of a Down Easter available for cargo. There is another deck below for carrying more. The L shaped pieces of wood called support the deck beams and resist twisting.tThey are typically made from the hackmatack trees of Maine. The hackmatack (or tamarack or larch) root leaves the trunk at a right angle, creating wood with a grain that bends in an L. Similar L shaped pieces between the deck beams are called lodging knees.
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