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Show Find Various Uses for Hulks of Old Vessels j On the New England coast, when an j olo m-booner condemned for active j sea service and sold for Junk, it does not necessarily mean that she will bo I hauled np on beach and burned or i consigned to some ship graveyard to await breaking np. Old hulls frequent- ' ly have unsuspected market value. First, of course, sails, rigging, deck hardware and all miscellaneous equipment equip-ment that may be converted into cash are removed. Masts out of old schooners schoon-ers frequently take on a new lease of life as derricks, as flagpoles on public parks or squares, or to replace broken masts or spars In other craft Timbers and planking from a vessel that has sailed the seas for years and become thoroughly impregnated with salt are in much demand by dealers in smoked herring. The smudge from them Is said to be unequaled In Imparting Im-parting delicious flavor to newly caught herring. Sometimes old hulls are sold Intact as additions to some arbor breakwater or perhaps as a wharf. |