The incident took place between the Cutty Sark public house and the junction with Westhall Court.
Once restoration is complete, the ultimate plan is to display the Cutty Sark in a striking new way.
It would be a near impossible job to perform electrolysis on the entire iron frame of the Cutty Sark.
Eventually they'll be brought back and reattached to the Cutty Sark's iron frame after it has been specially treated for rust.
They have tested it in a small area towards the stern of Cutty Sark and successfully removed half a kilogram of salt.
By the mid-1920s, the Cutty Sark was the only one still afloat and in 1954 it was transferred to its current dry-dock site in Greenwich.
"We have raised the ship so she'll be right up there with the best (historic ships), " Richard Doughty, chief executive of the Cutty Sark Trust, told CNN.
Launched from the small town of Dumbarton on the banks of the River Clyde in western Scotland in 1869, the Cutty Sark has a long and colorful history.
Once the masts, coach-housing, sails and rigging are back in place, the Cutty Sark will once again look like the majestic ship it was before rust, age and fire took their toll.
"She was the fastest of her day, the last remaining tea clipper, emblematic of the importance of international trade and Britain's maritime heritage, " said Jessica Lewis, curator of the Cutty Sark restoration project.
This new feature enables visitors to walk underneath the ship, exposing the design and engineering feats that enabled the Cutty Sark to reach what were once record-breaking sailing speeds of 17 and a half knots (20 mph).
The Cutty Sark Trust, which received funding from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Heritage Lottery Fund, as well as donations from the public, aims to present the tea clipper as it would have looked when it was launched in 1872.
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