Site Record
Metadata
Site# |
180 |
Site Name |
Dyer shipyard (Ezekiel Dyer) |
Description |
Ezekiel Dyer shipyard, 1810-1813, Ferry Village, Cape Elizabeth [South Portland], Maine. Ships constructed include: 1810 - brig Cordelia 1810 - ad for ship lumber for 240 ton ship, Ezekiel and Caleb Dyer *news clipping Gazette Feb 19, 1810* 1810 - ad for a brig's frame, 155 tons, Ezekiel and Caleb Dyer *advertisement Gazette June 18, 1810* 1811 - brig Milford, 262 tons. Listed in Special Lists (NY) as built in CE in 1811 1812 - for sale, hull of 110 ton vessel, Ezekiel Dyer *ad Gazette March 30, 1812* 1812 - for sale, new pink stern boat, 80 tons, Ezekiel Dyer *ad Gazette May 11, 1812* 1812 - schooner Dart (privateer) - long and low with a sharp pinky stern 1813 - for sale, schooner (38 tons) *ad Weekly Eastern Argus May 13, 1813* 1813 - schooner Hound (31 tons) (per Jordan, "late in 1813") Ezekiel Dyer operated a marine railway at Clay Cove, Portland. In 1815, he helped his son Lemuel establish a shipyard at Clay Cove. Lemuel died in January 1847. Ezekiel died in 1849. Lemuel's son, Joseph W. Dyer had operated his own shipyard at the foot of Mountfort Street in Portland. |
