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Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 06, 1909

Page

10

Bath National Bank building nears completion in Bath

The Bath National Bank plans a grand new ground floor bank and upper offices in Custom House Square Bath. Architects Tracy Swartwout Litchfield and designers Hoggson Bros oversee the project with a granite base Harvard brick limestone trim and a massive ten ton round vault door. President William D Sewall leads the bank with holdings including Bath Savings Institution Fidelity Trust Co and Arthur Sewall shipbuilding interests.

Bath National Bank Custom House Square Bath Bank Messrs. Tracy, Swartwout Harvard William D. Sewall Imuaikines Fidelity Trust Co Portland Sewall Arthur Sewall & Co Arthur Sewall Maine

Bath Captain Skillings Heads Panama Canal Steamship Line

Bath native Captain John F Skillings rose from Maine roots to command the Christobal between New York and Panama. Born in Calcutta in 1861 he led the Maracaibo Valencia and Venezuela before serving in the Spanish American War era on Guan tanamo harbor. He married Edith Fisher in 1895 and raises two children in Bath while guiding vessels for the Panama Railroad and canal era.

Bath Kennebec Old England Bath Streets Seven Seas Oceean John EF. Skillings Christobal New York Panama Capt. Skillings Calcutta India Sath Washington St John Pontiac John Marr Isthmus Colon Skillings Samme Ancon Boston Towboat Co Shawmut Tremont Seattle Far East Pacific Edith Fisher Michael Fisher High St Hea Roger Ruth North Grammar School City Withal Maine Phippsburg William KE. Purinston Irwin Daley Pouringon Carrie Parks Winnegance Willemsted Curacao la Guayra Venezuela Ings Maracaibo Valencia Klondike San Francisco Pierbor Bathman United States Guantanamo Kittery Navy Yard Kittery Sandoval Alvarado Cubal Isla de Janho Isla de Cuba Manila Skillines Panama Railroad Co Atlantic Alliance Ward Line

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The Bath National Messrs. Hoggson Bros New York City Freeman Clarke National Banks of the William PD. Sewall Bath Savings Wm. D. Sewall Ss. S. Sewall D. M. Humphreys S. T. Snipe A. S. Bosworth Franklin Partridge Willian D. Hill Fred D. Hill Maine Bankers Association Harry A. Walters John F. Skillings America John Skillings Gineer Capt Shall Shillings Steamship
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