Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2014.139.4 |
Object Name |
Clipping, Newspaper |
Reference code |
US SPHi 2014.139.4 |
Scope & Content |
The six-masted schooner, Edward J. Lawrence. Caption describes the final years of the Lawrence, which burned in Portland Harbor in 1925, a "victim of an illegal still that got out of control." It was the last surviving six-master. The Edward J. Lawrence was launched on April 2, 1908, from the Percy and Small shipyard in Bath, Maine. She was 320 feet long and 50 feet wide. Her first commander was Captain William R. Kreger. In April 1925, the Lawrence was anchored in Portland Harbor when a lawsuit was filed against her by a tugboat company for non-payment of services. Remaining there idle for the better part of a year, the Edward J. Lawrence was destroyed by fire and sank off Fort Gorges on December 27, 1925. |
Search Terms |
Edward J. Lawrence (six-masted schooner) Portland Harbor |
Subjects |
Sailing ships |
People |
York, Joseph H. (Captain) |