Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2010.094.8 |
Collection |
Ruth Horton Dyer Collection |
Object Name |
Clipping, Newspaper |
Reference code |
US SPHi 2010.094.8 |
Title |
Portland Shipbuilding Company probably oldest firm in City of South Portland |
Date |
1924 |
Scope & Content |
History of the Portland Shipbuilding Company. Gives history back to the formation of the Cape Elizabeth Wharf and Marine Railway in 1850. The article states that the original founders of the marine railway in South Portland (then Cape Elizabeth) were as follows: Samuel P. Gerts, Joseph H. Perley, David T. Chase, Elias M. Plimpton, David A. Sawyer, Ethan A. Sawyer, and Charles Collins. The railway was operated by several different companies over its lifetime, including the Portland Merchants Marine Railway (starting in 1883), and the Portland Shipbuilding Company (starting in 1891). Published in the Portland Sunday Telegram, November 16, 1924. |
Search Terms |
Portland Shipbuilding Company Ferry Village Cape Elizabeth Wharf and Marine Railway Marine Railway Portland Merchants Marine Railway |
Subjects |
Shipbuilding Shipyards |
People |
Collins, Charles Dyer, Albert E. Dyer, Nathan Randall Dyer, Nathan (1802-1880, son of Caleb Dyer and Mary Randall) Humphreys, John H. (Captain) |
Site # |
183 |
Site Name - For More Information |
Portland Shipbuilding Company |