San Salvador Replica Construction
Since spring 2011 the Maritime Museum of San Diego has been building a full-sized, fully functional, historically accurate wooden replica of Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo’s flagship, San Salvador. The ship is being constructed in full public view at Spanish Landing park on Harbor Drive in San Diego. The keel was laid on April 15, 2011. The construction site, called "San Salvador Village", opened June 24, 2011 and is open to the public. The project gives people the opportunity to see an example of sixteenth century shipbuilding, which was the first modern industrial activity in the Americas. The replica galleon is 92 feet (28 m) long and 24 feet (7.3 m) across. When construction is completed, San Salvador will be launched on San Diego Bay and will become part of the Museum's fleet of historic and replica ships.
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