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Workers place the gangway that bridges the maritime museum to the battleship.
Workers for Techcon Inc. unwrapped the custom-made connector after its trip from Canada, hauled it into the air and locked it in place on the starboard rail of the battlewagon, leaving the landward end free to move on wheels as the ship rises, falls and sways. One of the shells will be balanced on a scale with a Volkswagen bug to illustrate its weight. But officials are enthusiastic about what the warship, now snugly berthed beside the gray maritime museum, will do for Nauticus and the city. Holes have been punched in the museum's side for access to and views of the Wisconsin. Officials have been cautious about the pulling power of the Wisconsin, but Conti was cautiously optimistic.