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Gloucester, Massachusetts shipyard, circa 1716. See the related link below:
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What is lighter prairie schooner or conestoga?
a prairie schooner
Historically what colors were Prairie Schooner wagons painted?
Prairie Schooner wagons were painted with blue bodies and red wheels. These wagons were used in westward expansion of the United States.
How big is schooner?
There isn't one single size for this class. A schooner is generally defined as a fore-and-aft rigged (as opposed to square rigged) sailing vessel of (minimum) two or more masts, having a foremast shorter than (or not longer than) the mainmast.Schooners come in all conceivable lengths, but the largest ever built was the all steel Thomas W. Lawson(1902), seven masts, 475 feet length overall, displacing 13,860 long tons. Lawson was a commercial failure for many reasons, but she holds the distinction of having been the largest schooner and the largest pure sailing vessel (no engine) ever built.
Prairie schooners where covered with what kind of cloth?
A Canvas that was rubbed with oil to make it waterproof. Hope this helped you for more help on Prairie Schooner wagons, visit edhelper.com, make an account and search The Prairie Schooner, AKA the Covered Wagon! Hope this helped you
Who introduced a new type of ship called the schooner in Gloucester Massachusetts 1713?
It was Captain Andrew Robinson.
