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September 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright Challenge Publications Inc. Sep 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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A large and extremely rare steam yacht, the Cangarda, built in 1901, will be exhibited at Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut, for a short stay in July, followed by another brief visit in August and will return in September for the remainder of the year.
Built at the beginning of the 20th century in the Edwardian tradition of the 180Os, the elegant yacht was built in Wilmington, Delaware. Cangarda was named after its original owners, Charles Canfield and his wife Belle Gardner. It is the last surviving American-built steam yacht in the country, and one of only three of its type left in the world.
The original owners later sold the yacht to George Fulford, a prominent Canadian, whose ...
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