Alfred Potter, quahaug (quahog) boat building, Wickford, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-3, Potter putting cotton caulking in the seams of the bottom planks; 4-5, View of the bottom of the boat with the first dozen or so bottom planks, showing also a clamp at about the half way mark, drawing in the sides of the boat to about five feet, four inches which is the appropriate breadth of the boat. Boards to be used for additional planking are stored in the midst of the boat; 6-11, Views of the boat and its bottom after all but the last four bottom boards have been attached and with the first seven boards plugged. An effort is made in these slides to show the curvature in the bottom of the boat, especially the slight reverse curve at the rear of the boat; 12-15, Shots of the front of the boat showing plugging and caulking; 16-17, Shots showing a bottom board with a defect which Potter has marked and needs to be plugged; 18-19, Rear of the boat where a small amount of bottom planking remains to be done