<P> Interest in reconstructing Santa María started in Spain at around 1890 for the 400th anniversary of Columbus's voyage . An 1892 reconstruction by the Spanish government depicted the ship as a nau . </P> <P> A replica was built during Expo 86 and anchored in "Deep Sea Adventure Lake" at West Edmonton Mall . Built at False Creek in Vancouver, British Columbia, the ship was hand - carved and hand - painted, and then transported by flatbed trucks across the Rocky Mountains to Edmonton, Alberta . </P> <P> A replica, depicted as a Carrack, was commissioned by the city of Columbus, Ohio . It was built by the Scarano Brothers Boat Building Company in Albany, New York, who later cut the ship in half and transported it by truck to the Scioto River . The replica cost about 1.2 million dollars . The ship was constructed out of white cedar as opposed to an oak wood used on the original to give the ship a long life in the Scioto River and to reduce cost . The main mast was carved out of a single douglas fir tree and was equipped with a top sail (since removed). The ship was built using power tools, with a hull length of 29.6 m (97 ft), keel length 16.1 m (53 ft), beam 7.9 m (26 ft), depth 3.2 m (10 ft) and load 223.8 metric tons of displacement . The foremast is 9.7 m (32 ft) high, the mainmast is 15.9 m (52 ft) and mizzen mast is 10.4 m (34 ft). The replica was declared by Jose Maria Martinez - Hidalgo, a Spanish marine historian, to be the most authentic replica of the Santa María in the world during the ship's coronation on 12 October 1991 . </P> <P> Dana Rinehart, the 50th mayor of Columbus, christened the ship as part of the 500th anniversary of its voyage . The ship was removed from its moorings in 2014, cut into 10 pieces, and stored in a lot south of the city, pending funding to do repairs and restorations . As of early 2016, the plans for restoration have stalled . Its parts can be seen via satellite view on Google Maps (2). </P>

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