Let the construction begin -Deltaville Maritime Museum lays new keel
on Monday March 20, 2006 12:59PM
"Copyright Southside Sentinel, used with permission." Members and friends of the Deltaville Maritime Museum celebrated the Laying of the Keel last Saturday at the museum in Deltaville. Above, the keel is carried on the shoulders of volunteers to start the construction of a replica of the Explorer, a 30-foot sailing barge used by Captain John Smith to explore the Chesapeake Bay region.