Final engineering design is received for permanent cradle.
April 2009
Harbor History Museum receives a Heritage Grant from the State of Washington to continue restoration of the vessel.
Staff begins to develop an on-site workshop for volunteers
and shipwrights.
December 2008
Harbor History Museum receives a grant from Pierce County to create the permanent cradle for the vessel.
September 2008
Shenandoah moves to its permanent home on the site of the Harbor History Museum.
August- September 2008
Museum staff prepare for the move of the vessel to the Harbor History Museum site. Move is scheduled for mid-September.
Warren Balfany accepts role as Shenandoah Volunteer Coordinator for the project. Warren will work with current and new project volunteers to schedule project volunteer activities, including creating a basic work area beside the vessel and in the exhibit prep workshop.
Summer 2008
Capt. Vlahovich completed documenting the objects removed from the vessel which he photographed and measured during his fall visit. This documention will be entered into the museum's files and database for the Shenandoah collection.
Todd Croteau of the National Park Service completed the line drawings for the interior of the vessel.
Capt. Vlahovich completed the stabilization of the hull in preparation for the move to the new Harbor History Museum site, the permanent home of the Shenandoah.
October 2007 - February 2008
Capt. Vlahovich is currently documenting the objects removed from the vessel which he photographed and measured during his fall visit. This documention will be entered into the museum's files and database for the Shenandoah collection.
Todd Croteau of the National Park Service is working on the lines drawings for the interior of the vessel. Exterior lines were completed with copies provided to Capt. Vlahovich and the museum.
Staff and volunteers are researching information on the history of the boat, commercial fishing in Puget Sound, and the history of the Skansie Boat Building Co. for the National Register
of Historic Vessels application. Once the Shenandoah is relocated to its permanent location, we can submit the application. Special thanks to Warren Balfany for his hours
of work researching the Andrew Skansie family archives for specific commercial fishing records.
Volunteer Dennis Barstow is working on the Shenandoah Oral History Project, lining up several individuals to videotape on board the boat, talking about fishing on or alongside the Shenandoah. Filming is being donated by Bates Technical College and is tentatively scheduled for February 2008.
Ned Krilich brought into the museum several photographs from the 1930s of the Shenandoah at the Salmon Banks.
We are currently scanning and reproducing the images to include in the museum's Shenandoah Collection.
Anthony Vlahovich continues to do caulking on the hull periodically.
