Oldest Sagada hoboken joins tales of major Harvard shipyards
Andrew Powers aged ninety four of Bath Maine recalls a life as a ship joiner across Bath Boston Chelsea and Woburn. He worked for Major Thomas Harvard Rideout Lemont and Jowell Small and survived a major ship launching mishap. He aided repairs after the ship toppled and later built the John Dickinson house in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Phippsburg
Andrew Powers
Independent
Mr. Powers
Georgetown
Robert Powers
Richmond
Andrew
Jack Powers
Bath
Elliot House
Mr. Cole
Boston
Heweil
Dover Street
Thomas W. Harvard
Rideout Yard
Rideout
Powers
Ile
Alfred Lemont
Jowell & Small
John Harvard
Bowdoinham
Duncan & Jackson
John Dickinson
M. J. McCormick
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Bath Launches Torpedo Boat Jouett Then Opens New Box Factory
A big crowd watched the torpedo boat Jouett launched in Bath amid drizzle. The launching followed a $100,000 erection for a wooden box factory on the former Shaw mill site by Lincoln County Lumber Company, planning to employ about 100 men and ship 1000 carloads yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jouett
Bath [Ron Works
Edward J. Nally
Marylee Nally
Edward Nally
Edward Pillsbury
New York
John S. Hyde
Bath Iron Works
Hyde
Arthur Crenshaw
L. 3. Adams
William D. Sewall
J. Edward Drake
Culbert McGay
John McInn
Washington Street
Shaw
Lincoln County Lumber Company
Fred J. Derry
Boston
Beverly
Danvers
Mass
Fine new launch joins Kennebec Yacht Club fleet
Portland businessman Robert Hatch bought a 22 foot cedar launch with copper fastenings and mahogany finish for the Kennebec Yacht Club. The Atlantic pattern engine is 12 horsepower with three cylinders, built by the Atlantic company. The craft, aimed at 16 knots, will be a flyer in the club navy. A Bath mill owner pays the crew nearly $2,000 monthly, circulating much of it locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hatch
Portland
Kennebec Yacht Club
Atlantic Company
K. Y. C. Navy
Bath
Renowned Bath Seaman Captain James F Murphy Passes
Bath mourns Captain James F Murphy a leading merchant mariner and civic figure. Born 1858 he sailed 60 Cape Horn passages and commanded ships including the David Brown Shenandoah and Kenilworth. He died after months of illness leaving his wife mother daughter and siblings in Bath. Funeral was held at his High Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
James K. Murphy
Globe
Jim’ Murphy
Bath
James K
Mary Jane Sewall Murphy
Australia
Port Adelaide
Murphy
St. Helena
Orville
Moses
Cape Breton
Young Murphy
Frank Delano
Houghton
Crescent City
John H. Kimball
Whith
Humphrey’s Mills
Merrymeeting Park
Liverpool
David Brown
Plymouth
Maria Higgins
Elisha Higgins
Alexander
Alfred Lemont
Northampton
Richmond
Hagar
Sewall
William F. Babcock
Shenandoah
Kenilworth
Arthur Sewall
William P
Captain Murphy
Jane Murphy
Wiliam
Marfa
Texas
Russell
Clapp
Alameda
Cal
High Street
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Webber
Maine
John M. Clark
Conducted BY
Wm. C Chadbourne
Front St
Roome
C. M. Humphreys
Sagadshock Block
Bath, Maine
C. W. Watson
Office and Veterinary Hospital
Cedar St
Brunswick, Me
Ontario Veterinary College
D.V.S
Chicago Veterinary College
M.1.c
Ontario Veterinary Edical Society
Chicago Veterinary College Association
Maine Veterinary Medical Association
Cyrus W. Longley
Room 2
Bath, ME
AISS
M. H. Loach
S. Curtis
Centre Street
Deborah Morton
Westbrook Seminary
Glasgow
Scotland
London
Paris
Switzerland
Italy
Germany
Holland
Harvard
Johnson Rideout
Iron Works
Shaw Mill
Craft
Miss Nally
Mrs. Nally
Mr. Pillsbury
City of Ships
Derry
Wiscasset
Maine Central
Hyde Windlass Company
Vine and
Water Streets
Mill Yard
Massachusettts
Kennebec
James F. Murphy
Price
Johnson Bros. Co
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