A Sample of Sailing Ships Built in Thomaston
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Ship Eliza McNeil, 1583
tons, E. Watts, builder. Launched in 1871.
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Schooner Charles F. Heyer,
323 tons. Builder, Amos Walker. 1870.
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Ship Baring Brothers,
2,165.97 tons at O'Brian yard, 1877. Schooner Seventy-Six,
196.77 tons, built in 1864 by Walsh & Simmons is in foreground.
In 1898 the Baring Brothers was intentionally set on fire
by dissatisfied seamen.
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The launching of the Thomas
S. Dennison in 1900. Built by Dunn & Elliot, it weighed
1,329 tons.
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At Washburn yard in 1900 the Schooner
Joseph B. Thomas was launched. Weight: 1,564 tons.
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Built by Jas. A. Creighton in
1890, the Susie M. Plummer, at 808 tons, carried a deck load
of lumber.
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Bark Caroline O. Small,
on the stocks, was built in 1870 and weighed 733 tons.
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Ship Samuel Watts,
2,035 tons, built by S. Watts. Photographed in 1870.
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Schooner Etta M. Barter,
272 tons, Walker, Dunn & Co. builders, pictured in 1873.
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The complete set of pictures is available from our
publications list : "Tall Ships, White Houses and Elms", a photographic
tour of Thomaston between 1870 and 1900. Soft cover, 155 pages, 2 vol.
set.
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