Article: NEW ADVENTURE FOR CHARLES TOWNE LANDING STATE HISTORIC SITE

The South Carolina Department Parks, Recreation and Tourism issued the following news release:

The S.C. State Park Service is looking for a new Adventure.

That's the name of the full-size replica 17th-century trading ship that sat at a dock at Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site for more than 30 years before the elements forced its retirement and demolition.

The S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism (the Park Service's parent agency) and the Materials Management Office of the State Budget & Control Board have issued a request for proposals from shipwrights to build a new Adventure off-site.

The all-new ship is expected to be completed by November 2008.

"This contract, ...

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