1877 Tall Ship Elissa at the Galveston Historic Seaport | Galveston, Texas

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Elissa  : https://www.galvestonhistory.org/sites/1877-tall-ship-elissa-at-the-galveston-historic-seaport

Video story on the Elissa coming to Galveston : https://texasarchive.org/2012_00914

Photos & story of the the model for the Elissa Figurehead:
http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2012/10/figureheads-galvestons-tall-ship-elissa-the-living-figurehead-and-the-yellow-rose/


Transcript:
The Tallship Elissa was launched in October of 1877. She was built in Scotland and has sailed under Scottish, Norwegian, Swedish, and even Greek flags. After nearly a century of sailing the open seas, Elissa fell into disrepair. Various global organizations made several attempts to acquire Elissa from Greece, as she was one of the last of her kind that had survived life at sea. She was finally rescued by the Galveston historical foundation in 1975. She was towed across the Atlantic in 1979 from Piraeus, Greece, to Galveston, where she was met with a full-force restoration project that began upon her arrival. The Elissa has an iron hull and three masts of Douglas fir from Oregon. She has 19 sales made in Maine. Be on the lookout for volunteers at the Galveston Historic Seaport climbing up her masts to practice raising and lowering her sails. Check out the Galveston historic Seaport to tour their Ship to Shore exhibit, as well as a tour of the Elissa.

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