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Download or read book "Mystic Built" written by William N. Peterson and published by Mystic Seaport Museum Incorporated. This book was released on 1989 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the shipyards at Mystic and Noank came nearly 2,000 vessels, including clipper ships, Civil War steamships, deep-water merchant ships, and, coastal barges. The author, Mystic Seaport's Curator of Collections, spent nearly a decade researching the local shipyards and the vessels built there. Mystic Built was named best book of 1989 on American maritime history by the North American Society for Oceanic History and received an award of merit from the Connecticut League of Historical Societies.