Archive Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1975.010.1 |
Object Name |
Manuscript |
Reference code |
US SPHi 1975.010.1 |
Scope & Content |
Typewritten essay on the history of shipbuilding in Cape Elizabeth between 1620 and 1887. Beginning with the construction of a bark on Richmond's Island, through the Dyer and Turner & Cahoon shipyards of the early to mid 1800s, to the Blanchard and Thomas Knight yards and Portland Shipbuilding Company in the mid to late 1800s. A catalog of the various ships built, with dates and sizes. Compiled by Mrs. Cleveland Jordan. |
Search Terms |
Richmond's Island Ferry Village Cushing's Point Dyer Shipyard Turner and Cahoon shipyard Portland Shipbuilding Company Richmond (bark) Dart (schooner - privateer) Privateer Kate Dyer (ship) |
Subjects |
Shipyards Shipbuilding |
People |
Dyer, Ezekiel (1763-1849, son of Micah Dyer) Dyer, Lemuel (1786-1847, son of Ezekiel Dyer) Turner, George Cahoon, James B. Pickett, Benjamin W. |
Extent of Description |
6 typewritten pages |