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Rhode Island - Dragger
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Rhode Island - Dragger
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
The "Rhode Island" was built in Waldoboro, Maine. She was owned by Bill Howell who used her to fish for redfish mostly. In 1953 a Photo-Electric Pilot, Model 52 automatic steerer, sold by The Harris Co., was installed in the “Rhode Island.”
Mackerel in Maine Waters - article 1909
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Mackerel in Maine Waters - article 1909
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Newspaper article, probably September 1909. Title: "Mackerel in Maine Waters". Article reports that 20 barrels of mackerel were caught by Eben T. Lewis, Benjamin A. Spurling, and John S. Seavey, near Monhegan. Article lists other ships and captains active in the Monhegan area due to reports of large schools of mackerel.
Article: Benjamin Spurling commissioning the Annie Q. Spurling
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Newspaper article (photocopy), undated. Title " 'Georgie' was Leading Vessel into New York". Author listed as Fred Humston. Article on right column mentions Benjamin Spurling commissioning the building of the 'Fannie Q. Spurling', a mackeral fishing boat.
Herring boat 1958
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Herring boat 1958
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Photo, Herring boat from McIntosh Factory. Picture was taken from boat near Cranberry Isles, Maine in 1958.
Lawrence Flye and Ralph Holland
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel
  • Cranberry Isles, Baker Island
Lawrence Flye and Ralph Holland
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Lawrence Flye (aka Flick and/or Flicker) and Ralph Holland. Tuna weighing over 500 pounds caught outside Baker's Island. Roy Salisbury Collection
Northeast Harbor
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Harbor
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Northeast Harbor
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Harbor, looking north. Asticou Inn in background. Fishing trawler and schooner at anchor. View taken from the shore north of Clifton Dock.
Dory at Bunkers Head 1900 By Fred Morse
Islesford Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Shore
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Dory
  • Morse - Fred W. Morse
Dory at Bunkers Head 1900 By Fred Morse
Islesford Historical Society
Baby Rose - Dragger
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Baby Rose - Dragger
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Connecticut - Dragger
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Connecticut - Dragger
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
"The “Connecticut”, 57 gross tons owned by Katherine S. Bindloss of New London, Conn. was built in 1946 [by Southwest Boat Corporation]. This vessel foundered Sept. 29, 1948, West ¼ North, 3 ¾ miles from Gay Head Lighthouse." - "Boatbuilding During World War II: MDI, Ellsworth, Stonington and Bluehill" by Ralph W. Stanley, p. 11 - 1997. The round deck house in the stern of the boat was probably an enclosed shelter deck for shucking scallops. [show more]
Cape Cod - Dragger
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Cape Cod - Dragger
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
"The “Cape Cod”, 34 gross tons owned by Manuel Phillips of Plymouth, Mass. was built in 1944 and used as a fishing dragger." - "Boatbuilding During World War II: MDI, Ellsworth, Stonington and Bluehill" by Ralph W. Stanley, p. 10 - 1997. "Cape Cod" was 65', and built at Southwest Boat Corporation in 1944.
Bonaventure - Dragger
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
  • Southwest Harbor
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Bonaventure - Dragger
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Bonaventure was a 90’ dragger designed by Cyrus Hamlin and built for the Novello family of Gloucester by Southwest Boat Corporation in Southwest Harbor. She was the first big dragger built there. See: Prybot, Peter K.. White-Tipped Orange Masts: Gloucester’s Fishing Draggers, 1970-1972, A Time of Change (The Curious Traveller Press, Gloucester, 1998), p. 63.
Sandra & Jean - Dragger
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Sandra & Jean - Dragger
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Built in 1945 by Southwest Boat Corporation. Power – 220 h.p. Gross tons - 39 Net tons - 26 Length – 62.6 Beam – 16.7 Draught – 17.4 Disposition - Sank
Seal - Excursion Boat Seal
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Seal - Excursion Boat Seal
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Built by Normand Joseph Bouchard for Linwood Boynton Wedge (1913-1961) and Woodrow Wilson Herrick (1914-2002) to be used as a dragger. "Seal" was owned by Samuel A. Blanchard (1926-2009) who took out fishing parties on her. - Information from Ralph Stanley 05/2011
Sea Fox - Dragger
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Sea Fox - Dragger
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
The 60-foot dragger, "Sea Fox" was built at Southwest Boat Corporation in 1942 for Manuel "Manny" Zora from Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Rose Marie - Dragger
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Rose Marie - Dragger
Southwest Harbor Public Library
CR&M - Sardine Dragger
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
CR&M - Sardine Dragger
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
CR&M was a dragger built by Sim Davis. The pieces of metal on the side are to prevent chafing of the wing boards that hold the nets apart from the vessel.
Washing the Bottom of Dragger Rhode Island at Southwest Harbor Town Dock
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • Southwest Harbor
  • No Known Copyright
Washing the Bottom of Dragger Rhode Island at Southwest Harbor Town Dock
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • Southwest Harbor
  • No Known Copyright
Sardine Carriers Gary Alan and Three Sisters at Winter Harbor, Maine
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
  • Maine
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
The boat at the right: Three Sisters - Passenger Launch – Fishing Boat She is a fishing/lobster boat rigged for dragging in this photograph.
Dorothy & Edith, Lobster Smack, Chester T. Marshall and Dragger, Sandra & Jean at Southwest Boat Corporation
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
The vessel at the extreme left of the ladder is the "Dorothy & Edith".
Dragger Rhode Island at Southwest Harbor Town Dock
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Draggers at Southwest Boat Corporation Dock
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Draggers at Southwest Boat Corporation Dock
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Houses in Background - Left to Right: Extreme left: Henry Clark house - 138 Clark Point Road William Gilman Parker House and Barn, now gone - 143 Clark Point Road Edwin Clark house - 139 Clark Point Road Nathan Clark III (1843-1907) house - "Three Chimneys" - 141 Clark Point Road J.N. Mills house Nathan Clark II (1780-1848) house - 3 Claremont Road Vessels in Foreground - Left to Right: "Jacquelyn" - dragger "Grace M. Cribby" - lobster smack "Chester T. Marshall" - lobster smack "Sandra & Jean" - dragger built by Southwest Boat Corporation in 1945. [show more]
Dragger CR&M at Southwest Boat Corporation Dock in Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • Southwest Harbor
  • In Copyright
Description:
The building behind the vessel is the old Coal Shed, now gone. The shed was used by Southwest Boat to saw, mill and plane lumber. The heavy tools were kept there.
Connecticut Under Way
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • In Copyright
Connecticut Under Way
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Dragger Under Construction
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • Southwest Harbor
  • In Copyright
Dragger Under Construction
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Note the thickness of the wooden deck. The boat was being built by Southwest Boat Corporation where this photograph was taken.