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| Fishing Freighter Myra J. Wooster at a Wharf Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Fishing Freighter Myra J. Wooster at a Wharf Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: "“Myra J. Wooster” was built in 1918 in Tremont, Maine. She was a gas screw freighter, Official Number 216241, 46 gross Tons, 17 net Tons, 63.5’ long, 16.2’ wide and 7.2’ deep. She carried a crew of one and home ported in Southwest Harbor. She ran for the Portland, Friendship & Thomaston Line. Myra J. Wooster was named for Myra Jane Thurston (1875-1945). Myra was born on September 16, 1875 to Solomon G. Thurston and Mary Gott (Webster) Thurston in Tremont, Maine. She married Joseph Estabrook Wooster (1873-1955), son of John Wooster Wooster and Eliza Perrigo, on August 25, 1894 in West Tremont. Myra Jane Thurston died on June 23, 1945 in Tremont, Maine. Myra is connected to several other people in the SWHPL database. Her brother, John Sullivan Thurston (1853-1927) married Datie R. Rich (1851-1927), a sister of John “Talking John” Melbourne Rich. Myra’s daughter, Eva Wooster (1899-1988), married Ralph Gardener Benson (1893-1975). ""The motor packet Myra J. Wooster, Capt. Robert Lash, has loaded general cargo at the wharf and will sail for Friendship this morning."" - Gloucester Daily Times, July 20, 1933. “Myra J. Wooster” was wrecked off Friendship, Maine in 1934. The wreck is documented in the Maine Historic Preservation Commission Inventory Data for Municipal Growth Management Plans, Historic Archaeological Sites, Friendship, Maine, March 2011." [show more] | |
| Schooner A.W. Sanborn at the Parker Wharf, Manset Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Schooner A.W. Sanborn at the Parker Wharf, Manset Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Fishing Schooner Rover's Bride and Iron Turbine Windmill at the Newman Wharf in Manset Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Fishing Schooner Rover's Bride and Iron Turbine Windmill at the Newman Wharf in Manset Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: "Fishing Schooner ""Rover's Bride"" and Iron Turbine Windmill at the Newman Wharf in Manset. "Rover's Bride" is at the left at the Newman wharf. The windpump on the roof of the wharf is an Iron Turbine manufactured by Mast Foos & Co, of Springfield, Ohio. |
| Sidewheel Steamer City of Richmond Off Bass Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Sidewheel Steamer City of Richmond Off Bass Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
| Frank Bernard Rich With Builder's Model of the Brig M.P. Rich Built by his Grandfather Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Frank Bernard Rich With Builder's Model of the Brig M.P. Rich Built by his Grandfather Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The inscription on the model says, "Brig M.P. Rich built on site of this camp 1857." Vessel Name – M.P. Rich Class – half brig Hull – wood Metalled July 1860 Masts - Designed by – Build date - 1857 Built by – M.P. Rich Built at – Tremont, Maine Built for – Collin McRae (1822-1900) and others Named for – Maurice Peters Rich Sr. (1805-1879) Gross tons – 266 9/98 Net tons – Length – 102.8’ Beam – 27.4’ Depth – 10.4’ 1857 - 1858 - Captain / Owner - Collin McRae 1859 – Captain - Collin McRae – Owners or Consignees - Howland, Hinckley & Co. 1861 - Captain Dix - Owners or Consignees - Howland, Hinckley & Co. 1863 - Captain Dix 1869 - Captain Dix Disposition - Sold – renamed Parimaribo 1866-1872 – Hailed – Suriname "A half brig has square sails on the foremast and fore and aft sails on the main." - Ralph Stanley, September 26, 2007. [show more] |