Site Record
Metadata
Site# |
183 |
Site Name |
Portland Shipbuilding Company |
Description |
Portland Shipbuilding Company - 257 Front Street - Located adjacent to the Marine Railway in Ferry Village. Incorporated in 1891 by John H. Humphreys of Yarmouth, Edmund R. Norton and Ralph S. Norton of Cumberland, Nathan R. Dyer and Albert E. Dyer of Cape Elizabeth. Nathan R. Dyer hired as superintendent. Ship construction includes the following: *1893- pontoon, for the People's Ferry Company 1893-6-13 - steamer Madeleine, for the Falmouth Foreside Steamboat Company 1895-1 - steamer Santa Maria, 165 or 65 feet long, for the Presumscot River Steamer Co. 1895-3-12 - steamer Sebascodegan, 115 feet?, for the Harpswell line 1895-5-7 - steamer Louise, 66 feet long, for the Presumpscot River Steamer Co. 1897-5-3 - steamer Aucocisco, for the Harpswell line 1898-4 - steamer Frank S. Willard, for the John Willard Company 1898-6-2 - lobster smack - steamer Mina and Lizzie, 400 tons, for the John Willard Company; Captain C.H. Beal 1898-7-14 - coal lighter No. 1, for Randall, McAllister & Co.; christened by Captain E.S. Henley 1900-(7?) - sloop-rigged yacht, for James C. Jordan 1901-5-18 - steamer Henry F. Eaton, for the Frontier Steamship Company, Calais 1902-3-24 - fishing schooner Albert D. Willard, for Capt. John Willard and others of So. Portland 1903-5-27 - tug Charles Mann, for the Commercial Towboat Company of Boston 1904-3-19 - steamer Maquoit, for Harpswell Steamboat Company 1904 - tug Charles C. Gallagher, for the Commercial Towboat Company of Boston 1906-1-26 - tug Orion, for the Boston Towboat Company 1907-1-14 - tug Pejepscot, for the Bay Shore Lumber Company of Brunswick 1907-4-30 - steamer Schoodic, for the Winter Harbor Land Co. 1913-11-29 - passenger steamer Electronic, for the Cape Breton Electric Company 1918-2 - steam trawler Kingfisher, for the East Coast Fisheries Company 1918-7-11 - steam trawler Fish Hawk, for the East Coast Fisheries Company 1918-Sept? - steam trawler Albatross, for the East Coast Fisheries Company 1919-(4?) - beam trawler Sea Bird, for the East Coast Fisheries Company 1919-(7?) - beam trawler Pelican, for the East Coast Fisheries Company 1920-5 - steam trawler Medric, for the East Coast Fisheries Company During WWII, this shipyard was operating as Maine Shipyard Corporation. See that Site Location for more information. |
