The Center for Wooden Boats is a maritime heritage museum located on the south shore of Lake Union in Seattle, Washington, USA. It was founded in 1977 by Dick Wagner. A second campus is planned for Cama Beach State Park on Camano Island, to open in 2007.

 

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Simple dugouts, made from hollowed-out logs, have been known since prehistoric times to all peoples dwelling on waterways. The ancient Egyptians used boats made of acacia wood and held together with pegs. Modern wooden boats are built in four ways: with fore-and-aft planks laid with their edges flush (carvel-built); with fore-and-aft planks laid with overlapping edges (clinker-built); with inner and outer layers of planks running diagonally in opposite directions; and with planking consisting of large sheets of plywood. Until the mid 19th century all boats were wooden.

 

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