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| Construction at Davis Boat Yard Negative, 1948 (1) Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Construction at Davis Boat Yard Negative, 1948 (1) Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Construction workers at Davis Boat Yard in McKinley, ME. Black and white |
| List of the Richard K. Lunt Collection Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  List of the Richard K. Lunt Collection Northeast Harbor Library Description: Collection consists of two parts. One is a list of oral histories made by R. K. Lunt in in 1963 of Mt. Desert residents. The second part is a college thesis on lobster boat building with transcribed interviews. | ||
| The Evolution of Morris Yachts Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  The Evolution of Morris Yachts Northeast Harbor Library Description: Article about the Morris Yacht Company, expanded to Northeast Harbor, as it celebrates its 35th year. Brief biography of Tom Morris, owner and designer. Issue 96. See also item 1710 | ||
| The Evolution of Morris Yachts Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  The Evolution of Morris Yachts Northeast Harbor Library Description: Copy of an article by John Snyder tracing the development and building of Morris Yachts on and around MDI. Started by Thomas D. C. Morris in Southwest Harbor, the company is co-managed by son Cuyler of SWH. Photographs included. See also item 1593 | |
| Wood is Good but Glass May Surpass Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Wood is Good but Glass May Surpass Northeast Harbor Library Description: Article from Down East Magazine about Robert "Bob Lincoln's small boat building business, RKL Boatworks. He started with the Rangeley Guide Boat and is developing a row boat, now using the less expensive fiberglass. | |||
| Interior and exterior photos of Hinckley military boats Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Interior and exterior photos of Hinckley military boats Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: A collection of yet to be curated photographs of boats built by Hinckley for the military during WWII. | |
| Hinckley Pleasure Boats Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Hinckley Pleasure Boats Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The boats in this set were built by and/or worked on by the Henry R. Hinckley Company or Southwest Boat Corporation. | |||
| The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Store Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Store Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The store was torn down and moved to the other side of the street since this photograph was taken. The car is a 1935 Dodge coup. | ||
| Harvard Beal's Boat Shed Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Harvard Beal's Boat Shed Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
| Deacon Henry Higgins Clark Shipyard Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Deacon Henry Higgins Clark Shipyard Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: "A workshop stood for many years on the shore side of the road almost opposite the above-mentioned house. Many different families occupied the living apartment on the second floor. Work for the shipyard was done in the shop on the first floor. The shipyard was a busy place for many years and many small vessels and boats were constructed there." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 167. The schooner “Kate Newman” was built at Clark’s Point, Southwest Harbor in 1874. [show more] | ||
| Albert Bartlett's Sail Loft Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Albert Bartlett's Sail Loft Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Shop Construction at Manset Boat Yard Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Shop Construction at Manset Boat Yard Southwest Harbor Public Library |
| A.E. Parker Boat Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  A.E. Parker Boat Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Henry R. Hinckley Company Manset Boat Yard Hinckely Company Hinckley Yachts Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Henry R. Hinckley Company Manset Boat Yard Hinckely Company Hinckley Yachts Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The Hinckley Company started in 1928 as the Manset Boatyard in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Henry R. Hinckley’s focus was on servicing the local lobster boats as well as the yachts of summer residents on Mt. Desert Island. Today Hinckley builds boats at its production facilities in Trenton, Maine, but the original Manset yard is at the heart of the Hinckley legend. Today it ranks as a world class service facility. | ||
| William R. Keene Boat Builder Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  William R. Keene Boat Builder Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Simeon Holden Mayo's Boatshop and Wharf Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Simeon Holden Mayo's Boatshop and Wharf Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Mount Desert Yacht Yard Inc. Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Mount Desert Yacht Yard Inc. Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Mount Desert Yacht Yard began as a yacht storage and repair business, but became a design and building yard, particularly during the late 1940s and 1950s because of Butler and associates, Ted Earl and Cy Hamlin. | ||
| Jarvis Newman Boat Yard Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Jarvis Newman Boat Yard Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Bunker and Ellis Boat Company Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Bunker and Ellis Boat Company Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Founded by Ralph Ellis and Raymound Adelbert Bunker in 1947 The company passed to Ralph Ellis' son Don and continues today as Ellis Boats | |||
| A.E. Parker Wharf and Boat Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  A.E. Parker Wharf and Boat Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Bass Harbor Boat Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Bass Harbor Boat Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders was founded in December 1946 when Roger Clifton Rich (1913-1996) and Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2005) formed a partnership to build boats in Roger's barn at Tracy Cove on Clark Point Road. The barn was next to Roger's house at 50 Clark Point Road. | ||
| William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| C.M. Rich Boat Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  C.M. Rich Boat Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The boatshop of Clifton Melbourne Rich. C.M. Rich built the Dory BLB for the Kellams. His sons Robert (Bobby) and Roger also became boat builders, starting their own shops, the Bass Harbor Boat Shop and Rich and Grindle Boatbuilders, respectively. | ||
| Bath Iron Works Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Bath Iron Works Southwest Harbor Public Library |