colonial life

Monday July 16 1753                                                                    Shipbuilding is hard unlike are boss i’m hard working always pick up heavy stuff. But the first thing was a man had to draw a model of the ship that we’re building. After that we made keel then the ribs we had to make it perfectly shaped for the hull.Next we covered the ribs with planks. But we had to leave space for the chalk. We need it because its made from tar and oakum. It seals the bottom so the ship can’t sink. And we also put copper down there. It took a year to get it done. It has thousands of parts. twenty to thirty craftsmen made it from sail markers to rope makers built it on the track edge and pushed in as a team.

 

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