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35-504: The schooner Separación Dominicana was the first and flagship vessel of the early Dominican Navy , which was formed in 1844. She saw action in the Dominican War of Independence , including the notable Battle of Tortuguero . During the Dominican War of Independence , after the February 1844 Dominican declaration of independence from Haiti , Haiti responded with a blockade of all of

70-428: A closed primary . However, voters are not required to register with a party to vote for their primary winners in the general election. Bath has a humid continental climate ( Köppen Dfb ) with cold and snowy winters and mild summers. Precipitation is high the whole year, with a sizeable snow pack usually forming during winter months. Compared to inland areas, winters are not severe, although colder than areas right on

105-401: A sloop rig is simpler and cheaper, the schooner rig may be chosen on a larger boat so as to reduce the overall mast height and to keep each sail to a more manageable size, giving a mainsail that is easier to handle and to reef. An issue when planning a two-masted schooner's rig is how best to fill the space between the masts: for instance, one may adopt (i) a gaff sail on the foremast (even with

140-432: A Bermuda mainsail), or (ii) a main staysail, often with a fisherman topsail to fill the gap at the top in light airs. Various types of schooners are defined by their rig configuration. Most have a bowsprit although some were built without one for crew safety, such as Adventure . The following varieties were built: Schooners were built primarily for cargo, passengers, and fishing. The Norwegian polar schooner Fram

175-415: A common rig, especially in the 19th century. Some schooners worked on deep sea routes. In British home waters, schooners usually had cargo-carrying hulls that were designed to take the ground in drying harbours (or, even, to unload dried out on an open beach). The last of these once-common craft had ceased trading by the middle of the 20th century. Some very large schooners with five or more masts were built in

210-508: A smaller crew for their size compared to then traditional ocean crossing square rig ships, and being fast and versatile. Three-masted schooners were introduced around 1800. Schooners were popular on both sides of the Atlantic in the late 1800s and early 1900s. By 1910, 45 five-masted and 10 six-masted schooners had been built in Bath, Maine and in towns on Penobscot Bay , including Wyoming which

245-556: Is a city in Sagadahoc County, Maine , United States. Bath is included in the Brunswick micropolitan. Bath has a 2024 population of 8,870. It is also the county seat of Sagadahoc County. Bath is currently growing at a rate of 0.29% annually and its population has increased by 1.21% since the most recent census, which recorded a population of 8,764 in 2020. The city is popular with tourists, many drawn by its 19th-century architecture . It

280-702: Is considered the largest wooden ship ever built. The Thomas W. Lawson was the only seven-masted schooner built. The rig is rarely found on a hull of less than 50 feet LOA , and small schooners are generally two-masted. In the two decades around 1900, larger multi-masted schooners were built in New England and on the Great Lakes with four, five, six, or even, seven masts. Schooners were traditionally gaff-rigged, and some schooners sailing today are reproductions of famous schooners of old, but modern vessels tend to be Bermuda rigged (or occasionally junk-rigged) . While

315-638: Is home to the Bath Iron Works and Heritage Days Festival, held annually on the Fourth of July weekend. It is commonly known as "The City of Ships" because of all the sailing ships that were built in the Bath shipyards. Bath is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan statistical area . Abenaki Indians called the area Sagadahoc, meaning "mouth of big river". It was a reference to

350-550: Is obscure, but there is good evidence of them from the early 17th century in paintings by Dutch marine artists. The earliest known illustration of a schooner depicts a yacht owned by the mayors (Dutch: burgemeesters) of Amsterdam, drawn by the Dutch artist Rool and dated 1600. Later examples show schooners (Dutch: schoeners) in Amsterdam in 1638 and New Amsterdam in 1627. Paintings by Van de Velde (1633–1707) and an engraving by Jan Kip of

385-502: Is the Bath Iron Works , which was founded in 1884 by Thomas W. Hyde . Hyde became the firm's general manager in 1888. It has built hundreds of wooden and steel vessels, mostly warships for the U.S. Navy . During World War II , Bath Iron Works launched one new ship approximately every 17 days. The shipyard today is a major regional employer, and currently operates as a division of the General Dynamics Corporation . In

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420-447: The Bath, Maine, anti-Catholic riot of 1854 , an Irish Catholic church was burned. The city is noted for its Federal , Greek Revival , and Italianate architecture, including the 1858 Custom House and Post Office designed by Ammi B. Young . Bath is a sister city to Shariki (now Tsugaru ) in Japan, where the locally built full-rigged ship Cheseborough was wrecked in 1889. Scenes from

455-524: The Dominican Republic 's ports in early March 1844. In the Battle of Tortuguero on 15 April 1844, Juan Bautista Cambiaso commanded the five-gun flagship Separación Dominicana and two smaller schooners, decisively defeating a Haitian brigantine and two schooners. As a result of the battle's outcome, Haitian president Charles Rivière-Hérard was ousted from power and Haitian naval operations against

490-567: The Kennebec River , which Samuel de Champlain explored in 1605. Popham Colony was established in 1607 downstream, together with Fort St George. The settlement failed due to harsh weather and lack of leadership, but the colonists built the New World 's first oceangoing vessel constructed by English shipwrights , the Virginia of Sagadahoc . It provided passage back to England. Most of Bath, Maine,

525-657: The United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 13.22 square miles (34.24 km ), of which 9.10 square miles (23.57 km ) is land and 4.12 square miles (10.67 km ) is water. The city of Bath includes several nature preserves that are protected by the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust . These areas include Thorne Head Preserve (located 2.1 miles north of Bath) and Butler Head Preserve (located 5.2 miles north of Bath). There are also numerous parks and walking trails located throughout

560-416: The "Irish" ground (Varney Mill Road). The Whittam (or Witham) graveyard (Bayshore Road) and Wise-Welch (North Bath Road), which includes Bath's oldest documented burial in 1749, were identified in the 1970s, but are not found today. Those found in sources, yet have no burials or exact locations identified, are South Street (possibly South and Washington streets), Marshall (Washington and Marshall streets),

595-611: The Dominican Republic were suspended. On April 23, 1844, the Junta Central Gubernativa (Central Government Board) ordered that all three schooners be incorporated into the newly created Dominican Navy , and Commander Cambiaso was named admiral. Schooner The name "schooner" first appeared in eastern North America in the early 1700s. The name may be related to a Scots word meaning to skip over water, or to skip stones. The origins of schooner rigged vessels

630-566: The Thames at Lambeth, dated 1697, suggest that schooner rig was common in England and Holland by the end of the 17th century. The Royal Transport was an example of a large British-built schooner, launched in 1695 at Chatham. The schooner rig was used in vessels with a wide range of purposes. On a fast hull, good ability to windward was useful for privateers, blockade runners, slave ships, smaller naval craft and opium clippers. Packet boats (built for

665-626: The United States from circa 1880–1920. They mostly carried bulk cargoes such as coal and timber. In yachting, schooners predominated in the early years of the America's Cup . In more recent times, schooners have been used as sail training ships. The type was further developed in British North America starting around 1713. In the 1700s and 1800s in what is now New England and Atlantic Canada schooners became popular for coastal trade, requiring

700-414: The average family size was 2.91. In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.0% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.9 males. The median household income in the city was $ 36,372, and

735-459: The city, with the proviso that it be maintained and kept in a continuously operating condition, else it be returned to the family. The clock was restored in 2000. Crooker established local construction company in 1935. It was sold in 2014, after 79 years of family ownership. Bath is located at 43°54′59″N 69°49′21″W  /  43.91639°N 69.82250°W  / 43.91639; -69.82250 (43.916293, −69.822565). According to

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770-438: The city. The population density was 1,016.8 inhabitants per square mile (392.6/km ). There were 4,383 housing units at an average density of 481.0 per square mile (185.7/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 94.92% White , 1.60% Black or African American , 0.58% Native American , 0.47% Asian , 0.13% Pacific Islander , 0.68% from other races , and 1.62% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.76% of

805-582: The fast conveyance of passengers and goods) were often schooners. Fruit schooners were noted for their quick passages, taking their perishable cargoes on routes such as the Azores to Britain. Some pilot boats adopted the rig. The fishing vessels that worked the Grand Banks of Newfoundland were schooners, and held in high regard as an outstanding development of the type. In merchant use, the ease of handling in confined waters and smaller crew requirements made schooners

840-417: The median family income was $ 45,830. Males had a median income of $ 35,064 versus $ 22,439 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 19,112. About 9.3% of families and 11.8% of the population were below the poverty line , including 17.5% of those under age 18 and 9.6% of those age 65 or over. 2013 Voter registration Maine requires voters to register with a party to vote in primaries, also called

875-471: The movies Message in a Bottle (1999) and The Man Without a Face (1993) were filmed in Bath. In 1915, Fred Cox, owner of Hallet's Drug Store on Front Street, purchased the street clock standing at the corner of Front and Centre Streets from Boston , where it was built by Seth Thomas Clock Company four years earlier. It was moved from 70 Front Street to its current location in 1966, having been purchased by Harry Crooker. His family later donated it to

910-543: The nation's fifth largest seaport by the mid-19th century. The clipper ships built in Bath sailed to ports around the world. The last commercial enterprise to build wooden ships in the city was the Percy & Small Shipyard , whose schooner Wyoming is considered the largest wooden ship in world history, and which was acquired for preservation in 1975 by the Maine Maritime Museum . The most well-known shipyard

945-688: The ocean. Diurnal temperature variation is strong throughout the year. In winter this means that highs around freezing, while lows in the single-digit Fahrenheit range are common. Bath has twenty known cemeteries. This is a relatively small number compared to neighboring communities ( Phippsburg , for example, has over one hundred), because, from the early 1900s, Bath was densely populated, which left less room for family cemeteries. The city maintains its "big three" cemeteries: Oak Grove , Maple Grove and Calvary. It also manages four smaller burials grounds: Dummer Sewall (Dummer and Beacon streets), David Trufant (claimed by author Parker McCobb Reed in 1894 to be

980-527: The oldest burying ground in Bath; Spring and Middle streets), Pettingill (Riverview Road) and Fairview (on Fairview Lane). Only Pettengill has pieces of stones remaining, including that of a Revolutionary War veteran. Graveyards not managed by the city, which tend to be old family plots, include Harrison (Stoney Island Road), Crawford (North Bath Road), Roberts-Edgecomb (North Bath Road), Edgecomb (North Bath Road), Purington (North Bath and Whiskeag roads), Ham (Ridge and Whiskeag roads), Ward (Bayshore Road) and

1015-442: The population. There were 3,932 households, of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.5% were married couples living together, 13.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 44.8% were non-families. 36.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

1050-409: The population. There were 4,042 households, out of which 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.8% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.0% were non-families. 34.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and

1085-593: The town, such as the Whiskeag Trail . As of the census of 2010, there were 8,514 people, 3,932 households, and 2,172 families living in the city. The population density was 935.6 inhabitants per square mile (361.2/km ). There were 4,437 housing units at an average density of 487.6 per square mile (188.3/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 95.1% White , 1.2% African American , 0.3% Native American , 0.6% Asian , 0.4% from other races , and 2.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.8% of

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1120-434: Was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.79. The median age in the city was 41 years. 22.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.7% were from 25 to 44; 28.5% were from 45 to 64; and 16.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.7% male and 53.3% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 9,266 people, 4,042 households, and 2,344 families living in

1155-573: Was set off to create West Bath . On June 14, 1847, Bath was incorporated as a city, and in 1854 designated county seat. Land was annexed from West Bath in 1855. Several industries developed in Bath, including lumber , iron , and brass , with trade in ice and coal . The city and surrounding area is renowned for its shipbuilding and, at one point, was home to more than 200 shipbuilding firms. The industry began in 1743, when Jonathan Philbrook and his sons built two vessels. Since that time, roughly 5,000 vessels have been launched from Bath, which became

1190-450: Was settled by travelers from Bath, England . The next settlement at Sagadahoc was about 1660, when the land was taken from an Indian sagamore known as Robinhood. Incorporated as part of Georgetown in 1753, Bath was set off and incorporated as a town on February 17, 1781. It was named by the postmaster , Dummer Sewall, after Bath in Somerset , England . In 1844, a portion of the town

1225-498: Was used by both Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen in their explorations of the poles. Bluenose was both a successful fishing boat and a racer. America , eponym of America's Cup , was one of the few schooners ever designed for racing. This race was long dominated by schooners. Three-masted schooner Atlantic set the transatlantic sailing record for a monohull in the 1905 Kaiser's Cup race. The record remained unbroken for nearly 100 years. Bath, Maine Bath

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