tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360721195242669735.post5567037828028795130..comments2023-12-04T14:35:49.198-05:00Comments on Civil War Navy Sesquicentennial: The Stone FleetAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520357948612296575noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360721195242669735.post-72277273962215801582011-04-24T15:14:42.940-04:002011-04-24T15:14:42.940-04:00Neat post, Laura.
I thought I read in one or two ...Neat post, Laura.<br /><br />I thought I read in one or two of my sources that the piles of stone left over after the wooden ships deteriorated actually caused the tidal currents in the inlet to scour the entrance channel deeper. Melville seems to hint at this at the conclusion of his poem (a.k.a., "The harbor is bettered . . . "<br /><br />Seaman RobSeaman Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16977034215765205890noreply@blogger.com