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A chapel was built by the Congregational Church of Stockton in 1911 which was used for church services, Sunday School and social activities until the church became inactive in 1930. In 1935, that church was voted out of existence by the Waldo Association. The property was sold for $100 to the Stockton Gun Club.
Rev. James L. Corson of the Maine Bible Society and the Maine Seacoast Mission of Bar Harbor came to Cape Jellison in 1905. He established a mission and church there. The summer of 1905, church services were held in a tent. In 1906,
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Bethal Chapel was erected. There were showers in the base- ment; church rooms on the ground floor; and an apartment for the minister on the second floor. Church services and W. M. C. A. work carried on there for a few years; then discontinued. The chapel was torn down several years ago.
For many years prior to 1947, there was a need for a Sunday School for the children at Cape Jellison. In 1947, a group of interested people made plans for erecting a church at the Cape. Lumber was scarce and expensive at that time but Rev. Clif- ford Crabtree of Bangor was able to purchase a large barn from Paul Shaver. The barn was purchased on May 14, 1947 and a lot was purchased on May 24, 1947. The barn was torn down and the best timbers were used to build the church. Work was begun on June 10, 1947 and the building was finished on August 15, 1947. All the money used in building the church was do- nated by free-will offerings. The first one hundred and twenty- five dollars were donated by William Cornish of Brewer, Maine. Volunteer workmen built the beautiful, little church. Some of the people who gave their services were: Elwood Ginn, who hauled the foundation stones from the shore; Rev. David J. Crabtree of Houlton, Maine, who laid the foundation; Rev. Clifford Crabtree, David Crabtree, James Peters, all of Bangor; Rev. Allen Ellis of Cape Jellison and Bellville, Ont .; and Rev. Charles Flewelling, missionary from South Africa.
The church was built on a lot adjacent to the site of the old Bethel Chapel and it was dedicated as a monument to lives and hands that are consecrated to God.
The church was named the Full Gospel Lighthouse. The Sunday School of this church was opened on July 20, 1947 by Mrs. Clifford Crabtree. Sixty-three children were enrolled. The Dedication Service was held on August 17, 1947. The Dedication Sermon was preached by Clifford Crabtree. Prayer was made by Rev. Otis R. Barber of Roxbury, Mass.
In September 1947, Mrs. Cleo Russell was appointed as Pastor and Sunday School superintendent and she has served in that capacity since.
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CITIZENS OF STOCKTON SPRINGS
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The late Rev. David J. Crabtree assisted greatly in the work of this church. Lorenzo Skinner, John Merry of Belfast, and Mrs. Paul Landerville of Cape Jellison have assisted at various times. Master Sgt. Doyle Thompson of Dow Air Base of Ban- gor assisted on Sundays for about three years. Mrs. Alvin Bradfield, Jr., formerly Miss Jane Spitznogle, of Core, West Virginia was an assistant for over a year. Pianists have been: Miss Sara Twist of Bangor, Mrs. Grace Ridley of Searsport and Miss Marguerite Ellis of Cape Jellison.
The paintings in the church were presented by Earl Webster, local artist. The chairs were donated by Mr. and Mrs. Shepard Edwards, Sr. of Stockton. Willard Harriman of Cape Jellison has given his service in the transportation of children and adults to Sunday School and church.
James Stowers says, "Our winter school was taught by Dea- con Godard, for the three winters before I was twenty-one years old. He prayed in school each morning which left a serious impression on my mind and led me to think of my ways and to repent of my sins."
In the early days, the public schools were often taught by the minister. Schools were held eight weeks in the winter, called the "Winter School," and eight weeks in the summer, called the "Summer School." The schools were ungraded. Children attending, ranged from age four to the early twenties.
The early school masters were often rough and rugged, as they had to be. Some of the pupils were grown men and they were often more interested in running out the teacher than in learning from books.
The first schoolhouse at Sandy Point, district number 5, was a brick schoolhouse which stood near the site of the house now owned by Ernest Hesse. The first schoolhouse in Sandy Point, district number 4, was across the road from the house now owned by Arthur Smith, on the property owned by Zetham Shute. Edgar Heath bought the building in 1912 and used it for a garage for many years.
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The Central School in Stockton was erected in 1855 .* It had two entrances on the north and south sides of the building. There were two rooms downstairs that ran north and south and one large room upstairs. At first, the school was heated by stoves. In 1908, a furnace was installed. About 1918, the building was remodeled. The two downstairs rooms were run east and west. The entrances were put on the east side of the building. The school was remodeled again in 1922 and new additions were built on in 1936. The federal government aided the town when the 1936 additions were built.
After the town was incorporated in 1857, the school system was organized by forming school districts, as follows: District number 1, Central, with 65 pupils; District number 2, Lowder Brook, with 36 pupils; District number 3, Foreside of Cape Jellison, with 53 pupils; District number 4, Sandy Point, with 34 pupils; District number 5, Sandy Point, with 50 pupils; District number 6, Sandy Point Narrows, with 35 pupils; Dis- trict number 7, Stockton-Bangor Road, called the Center School, with 27 pupils; District number 8, North Stockton, with 25 pupils; District number 9, North Stockton, with 36 pupils; District number 10, North Stockton, with 18 pupils. Each school district had its own school agent. In 1870, it was voted that each district would choose its own agent. All of these schools have been discontinued and all the schoolhouses have been sold except the Central School.
In 1859, the teachers received $2.00 a week. A few years later the pay had increased to $40.00 a month.
In many ways, the schools were quite different from the schools of today. The schools were heated by large stoves running the length of the building. Everyone drank from a common dipper which was dipped into a pail of water. The pupils did their "sums" on slates, using slate pencils to write on the slates. Most pupils had to walk long distances to school in all kinds of weather. The seats were double and one's seat-
Walter F. Trundy says the schoolhouse was built in 1853.
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mate was usually his "best friend", if it could be managed. One of the favorite forms of punishment was to sit an unruly boy with a girl. Merit cards were given for good behavior and they were greatly cherished. In some schools, small merit cards were given and after a pupil had earned a certain number of the small cards, they were exchanged for a large card. At the end of the school year, promotion cards were given to the pupils who had "passed". By 1916, the pupil's record was kept in a small book called the Scholars Monthly Report. The pupil's rank for each month was recorded in the book. Later, these books were replaced by report cards. Often certificates of of good conduct were given to the pupils. Walter F. Trundy has a copy of one of these certificates. It reads: "I hereby certify that Mr. Charles Ames by good scholarship and be- havior gains the approbation from his instr., N. H. Hichborn, Instructor. Always pay good attention to study; that you may make a man qualified to teach school, and to be other ways useful. Prospect, April 15, 1853."
It was voted in the annual town meeting of 1893 to establish a free high school and $200 was raised for that purpose. This was not a graded, four year high school as we have today. It was an ungraded "upper school." The first four year class to be graduated from Stockton Springs high school was graduated in 1923. The class roll of each graduating class follows: The class of 1923: Louise Bickmore, Edna Grant (Wyman), Leon Grant, Pearl Hatt (Haney), Fredrica Lampher, Orillie Lampher (Merrithew), Frederick Morrison and Bertrice Rand (Fowler). The class of 1924: Edward Arnold and Marion Bowden (Mor- rison). The class of 1925: Dorothy Bowden (Cunningham), Edrie Dunaver (Heath), Lillian Hamlin (Smallidge), Grace Harriman, Flora Kenney (Rogers), Ruth Rand (Waters), and Joy Renouf (Preble). Class of 1926: Francis Arnold, Theo- dore Bickmore, Veda Cunningham (Scott), Mabel Dunaver (Staples), Merrill C. Ellis, William Farris, Manley Grant, Amy Leach (Odekirk), William Libby, Agnes Littlefield (Coose), Thelma Littlefield (Albee), Morris McGee, Evelyn Noble
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(Harris), Damon Perkins and Clarence Stiles. The class of 1927: Grace Church (Bickmore), Gordon Grant, Jerome Harris, Mary Morrison (Willis), Dorothy Rand (Syde) and Edith Trundy (Colcord). The class of 1928: Vernita Colson (Jordon), Winifred Colson (Thompson), Ernest Farris, Mary Kazick (McGee), Pearl Landry (Brown), Sarah Shannon (York), Norma Smith (Gauge) and Alice Verrill (Ellis). The class of 1929: Clarence Arnold, Allard Blanchard, Viola Eames (Beckett), Etta Elliott (Honey), Byron Heath, Arthur Morri- son and Marion Smith (West). The class of 1930: Margaret Clark (Staples), Gerald Grant, Eleanor Gray (Francis), Barb- ara Hawes (Small), Walter Perkins, Elinor Sawyer (Trundy) and Hildred Sawyer (Trundy). The class of 1931: Richard Baker, Doris Colcord (Staples), Ruth Harding (Brooks), Elizabeth Harriman (Luttrell), Roland Harrison, Dorothy Littlefield (Arnold), George Seekins and Wilma Trundy (Farn- ham). The class of 1932: Helen Barrett (Harrison), Dorothy Coose (Schribner), Eleanor Coose (Rogers), Clarice Grant (Rhuben), Vincent Gray, Ernest Hall, Leroy Nickerson, Hay- ward Rainey and Chalmer West. The class of 1933: Augusta Alders (Holmes), Elizabeth Campbell (Minute), Elizabeth Collins (Babineau), Jay Clark, Archer Curtis, Jane Farris (Casey), Helen Fields (Rainey), Levi Grant, Laura Hackey (Philbrook), Helen Harding (Brooks), Agnes Harriman, Edith Maddocks (Haley), Eleanor Pinkham (Stiles), and Evelyn Shannon (Curtis). The class of 1934: Dora Beam (Maker), Grace Brown (Knox), Marion Colson (Benson), Myrtle Cun- ningham (Fletcher), Arthleen Cyr (Harriman), Fred Daley, Ruth Devereaux (Seekins), Walter Hackey, Callie Hawes (Shaver), Dean Jones, Frank Littlefield, Elizabeth McLaugh- lin, Clement Seekins, Russell Seekins and Flora Smart (Hardi- son). The class of 1935: Eunice Brown (Cole), Morris Curtis, Ruth Cyr (Haley), Catherine Dobbins (Curtis), Edward Daley, Edna Dunaver (Davis), Lewis Harriman, Marjorie Harriman (Thompson), John Merrithew and Izelda Landerville (Harri- man). The class of 1936: Haverner Bennett, Lulu Black, Edna Brown (Olson), Lawrence Daley, Margaret Gray (Libby),
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Quinton Gray, Martha Harris (Marden), Chester Harrison, Harlan Heath, Andrew Holmes, George Hopkins, Jr., Marion Hudson, Alice Kneeland (Harrison), Clarence Kneeland, Winnifred Dwelley (Littlefield), Lorena Pinkham (Bennett), Merle Rainey, Sara Sawyer (Varney) Hazel Shannon (Black), Mary Simpson (Flanders), Mavis Staples (Hosmer), and Joyce Tupper (Hopkins). The class of 1937: Herbert Barrett, Wilma Barrett (Grant), Mary Berry (Gurney), Charlotte Clark (Thompson), Lillian Collins, Clara Hackey (Murch), Rose Harriman (Otis,) Lester Harrison, Dorothy Haskell (Nicker- son); Paul Jones, Phyllis Kenney (Voite), Ray McKeen, Constance Pinkham (Thompson), Ralph Shute, Jr. and Weldon Stiles. The class of 1938: Carolyn Arnold (Madden), Herman Averill, Edith Collins (Faulkingham), Orville Cunningham, Phyllis Cunningham (Frost), Clarence Dobbins, Earl Eames, Roland Harriman, Arolyn Haskell (Black), Marion Kneeland (Hawes), Ernest Mclaughlin, Jr., Leslie Merrill, June Moore (Crowder), Thelma Rainey (Paquette) and Ernest Trundy, Jr. The class of 1939: Milton Brown, Adrian Dobbins, Allen Ellis, Pearl Fields, Gertrude Harriman (Hinkley), Eugene Harry, Ruth Holmes (Averill), Onel Littlefield, June Merrill (Hall), Eleanor Merrithew (Stanley), William Murphy, Irving Saw- yer, Jr., John Seekins, Jr., Mary Simpson (Corr), Clayton Stimpson and Bion Tupper. The class of 1940: Eva Harriman (McKeen), Anita Haskell (Heilsburg), Paul Landerville, Ellen Mclaughlin (Shute), Barbara Moore (Walker), Melvena Pink- ham (Rowe), Herbert Smith, Mildred Smith (Rainey) and Irene Trundy (Fogarty). The class of 1941: Douglas Alley, Harold Colcord, Dorothy Collins (Rowell), Jerry Dobbins, Irving Harriman, Alice Merrithew (Tsetsilas), and Harry Nickerson. The class of 1942: Roy Arnold, Jennie Bowden (Seekins), Marjorie Ellis, Olive Haskell (Smalley), Goldie McKeen (Howard), Mertie Pinkham, Royce Smith, Helen West (Smith), and Phyllis West (Hall). The class of 1943: Pauline Berry (Gurney), Althea Dow (Dobbins), Pearl Haskell (Dodge), Virginia Perkins (Perkins), Floyd Smith, and Gene- vieve Snow (Delicata). The class of 1944: Merrill Bennett,
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Louise Dobbins (Conrady), Lynn Grant, James Hawes, Jr., Raymond Morrison and Dorothy Trundy (Daley). The class of 1945: Shepard Edwards, Jr., Marion Merrithew, Marylena Morrison (Perkins), George Murphy and Frances Sanborn (Martin). The class of 1946: Florence Blaisdell, (Walton), Richard Heath, Evelyn Nickerson (Young), Merle Perkins, Lillian Shute (Russell), and Sturt Snow. The class of 1947: Roberta Beam (Ralston), Shirley Dobbins (Vose), Vera Dow (Brown), Merilyn Ellis (Smith), Marion Grant (Fisher), Lucille Harriman (Bryant), Wayne Perkins and Gloria Pink- ham (Shute). The class of 1948: Althea Clark (Doliver), Douglas Crosby, Shirley Grant (Howard), Donald Harriman, Russell Merrithew, Eugene Moore, Donaldene Norwood (Bow- den), Elida Smith (Gray) and Elizabeth Smith (McKeen). The class of 1949: Giles Berry, Diane Coose (Littlefield), Janis DeRedin (McKeen), Robert Dow, George Dyer, Pauline Ellis, Vera Gebo (Dyer), Dorothy Haywood, Darrell McKeen, Ruth McKenney (Dakin), Ann Perkins (Wright), Olive Plourde, Paul Powell, and Earl Trundy. The class of 1950: Priscilla Arnold (Bishop), Granville Bowden, Robert Bradstreet, Ronald Eames, Ray Edwards, Beatrice Glidden (Skinner), Barbara Harriman (Gerow), Herbert Merrithew, and Priscilla Winslow (Cianchette). The class of 1951: Alfred DeRedin, Merrill C. Ellis, Jr., Louise Ginn (Bragg), Jean Hawes (Crossman), Charles Heald, Kenneth Howard, Rodney Merrithew, Roger Perkins, Robert Seekins, Emery Shute, Virginia Shute (Costi- gan), and Sheldon Smith. The class of 1952: Richard Clark, Selma French, Richard Seekins, Mary Jane Shute (Costigan), Charlotte Smith, Lewis Trundy, and Virginia Winslow. The class of 1953: Geraldine Brown, Herbert Brown, Betty Clark (Bowden), Patricia Clark (Herbest), Arlene French, Melvin Shute, Basil Staples, Lelia Snow and Janice Tucker. The class of 1954: Verne Bradstreet, Wayne Clark, Kay DeRedin, Hart- ley Fraser, Jr., Charles French, Shirley Hall (Robbins) and Peter Perkins. The class of 1955: Elizabeth Arnold, Clarence Elden, Ruth Keohan, Mary Smith, Carl Warman and Glen- dora Welch.
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At the annual town meeting March 13, 1950, the town voted to buy Denslow Hall at a price not to exceed $250. This hall is used for a basketball court by the local school; also for dances and other social activities. The hall was completely repaired and repainted. Much time and money was donated for this project by citizens of the town, the high school boys, and the Utopian Club. John Seekins, Chalmer West, Clarence Mur- phy, Claire Avery, Marion Stein and Elmer Belding were ap- pointed to the first Denslow Hall committee. The annual town meetings are now held in this hall.
A noon lunch program was added to the school program in 1950. This program is sponsored by the Parent-Teachers Association. The town raises $200 a year to help in maintain- ing the program. The first noon lunch supervisor was Mrs. Clement Seekins. Other supervisors have been: Mrs. Mary Winslow, Mrs. Merrill C. Ellis, Sr., and Mrs. Earl Cunningham. The first cook was Mrs. Maynard Farnham who served the school for three years. The present cooks are Mrs. Earl Cun- ningham and Mrs. Maurice Barrett.
The local P. T. A. sponsors a Blueberry Festival the third week of every August. The proceeds from this event go to the school noon lunch. The first festival was held in 1950. At each festival, a Blueberry Beau is chosen. The winner of a Blueberry Pie Eating Contest is designated as the Blueberry Beau. The winners have been: 1950, Ross Carroll of Sears- port; 1951, Timothy Seekins of Stockton; 1952-53-54, Max Gallison of Prospect. At the Blueberry Ball, which is held the evening of Festival Day, a Blueberry Belle is chosen. Blue- berry Belles have been: 1950, Miss Lucille Seekins of Prospect; 1951, Miss Helen Nichols of Searsport; 1952, Miss Carmen Sanborn of Stockton; 1953, Miss Linda DeRedin of Sandy Point; 1954, Miss Christine Miscall of Sandy Point and Elkton, Maryland. The town has been awarded two certificates of Merit by the State of Maine Publicity Bureau for the Blue- berry Festival.
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In 1952, the town voted to buy a school bus to transport all the children living in the outlying districts. Previously, there had been three bus routes. Privately owned cars and buses had been used to transport the children.
In 1953, it was voted at the annual town meeting to establish a commercial course in the high school. The course was added to the school curriculum the fall of 1953.
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CENTRAL SCHOOL 1955
TOWN SQUARE, STOCKTON SPRINGS
SANDY POINT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
UNIVERSALIST CHURCH, STOCKTON SPRINGS
WAR MEMORIAL DEDICATION
STOCKTON SARDINE PLANT
EAST MAIN STREET, STOCKTON SPRINGS-AS IT WAS
PRESENT DAY STOCKTON SPRINGS
CHAPTER VII Ships and Shipbuilding
Stockton was a shipping and ship-building town until 1870, when that industry began to decrease. The years between 1845 and 1866 were especially prosperous ship-building years. The census of 1870 proved the prosperity of Stockton during the ship-building era. In 1870, the census showed that the population of Stockton was 2,089.
The first vessel built on the Penobscot River or Bay was a brig built for Thomas Goldthwaite at Fort Pownal and launched in 1774. If she had a name, it is not known. Between the years of 1791 and 1800, several small packets were built by Robert Hichborn. The names of those vessels are unknown except two, the "Susanna" which was launched in 1793 and the "Susan and Eliza" which was launched in 1794. The "Susan and Eliza," with all on board, was lost enroute from Cape Jellison to Boston. Among the passengers were two daughters and two nieces of Mr. Hichborn. One of the daugh- ters, Miss Susan, was to have been married on her arrival in Boston. The only trace of ship or passengers that was ever found as Miss Susan's trunk. The trunk, bearing the initials S. H. in brass-headed nails on the cover, was found on Cape Ann by the gentleman who would have been her husband. The other packet, of which the name is known, the "Susanna," had a tonnage of 91 tons and her master was John Ford.
Hichborn's packets were built to carry dried fish, fruits, lumber, poultry and butter to the Boston markets.
At the time this town was a part of Frankfort, all ship records were included in the Penobscot Custom Collection District, created by the Shipping Act of July 31, 1789. After Prospect
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was set off from Frankfort, ships from Stockton were included in the Penobscot Customs Collection District until April 20, 1818. The Shipping Act of April 20, 1818 created a Customs Collection District at Belfast. After the Belfast District was created, all Stockton vessels cleared through that office. In the very early 1830 period, Prospect was a Port of Delivery and had a resident Surveyor of Customs. The oldest shipbuilding records, from 1789-1818, would be included in the Penobscot District Records and those accumulated since that time would be found in the Belfast records.
Tradition states that when Castine fell to the British in 1814, the Collector of Customs there took what records he could carry on horseback and moved them to Hampden where he set up an office. Thus, it can be seen that the very early records of what is now Stockton were not kept intact. This has made it difficult to trace many of the early vessels. About 1930, a group of U. S. Customs men removed the Penobscot records from Castine to Belfast, whey they were stored until they were shipped to the National Archives in Washington, D. C. The Belfast records also were sent to Washington, D. C.
Although the early records are fragmentary, most of the names of the early vessels have been found, many of them in the records of other ports. After the Belfast District was created, the records were kept intact. It is safe to say all of our shipbuilding records since 1818 were intact and included in the Belfast records.
April 1907, Albert M. Ames was appointed as the Deputy Collector for the port of Stockton. Vessels now entered and cleared from Stockton instead of from Belfast.
When a vessel was sold in a foreign port a certificate was made out, then cut in half diagonally. Each half was in the shape of a triangle. One half was given to the master of the vessel who returned it to the Customs House at the port of registry. The other half retained by the U. S. Consul who forwarded it in his records to the Department of State in Wash- ington, D. C.
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When Stockton was a part of Prospect, it had many ship- yards. As late as 1871, there were six shipbuilding firms still doing business in the town. All Prospect built vessels are listed as Stockton built vessels.
During the period of World War 1, shipbuilding started up again in this town. Stockton Yard, Inc. turned out some of the finest four-masted schooners of the period. Some barges also were built at this yard. During the same period, a yard was operated at Sandy Point. Vessels for the Emergency Fleet Corporation were built at the Sandy Point Yard. The Stock- ton Yard was at the site of the old Crooker Yard. The ship- yard at Sandy Point was at the site of the old Colcord and Berry Yard.
Three of our earliest shipbuilders were: William Griffin, Crawford Staples, and John Clifford. William Griffin built the sloop "Endeavor" which was launched either in 1793 or 1795. Crawford Staples built six schooners at Hichborn's Yard between the years 1802 and 1819. These schooners were the "Seven Friends," "John," "Dispatch," "Traveller," "En- terprise," and "Freedom." John Clifford built six small schooners at the Lowder Brook Yard between the years 1806 and 1834. The six schooners built by Mr. Clifford were the "John Clifford," "Jefferson," "Susie," "Rose in Bloom," "Three Brothers," and the "Seven Sisters." Mr. Staples and Mr. Clifford were owners of large tracts of property in town.
Other early builders were: James Rendell who built the schooner "Goodwill" in 1816 at Lowder Brook. Black and French who built two schooners in Sandy Point, the "American Hero" launched in 1820 and the "Deleware" launched either in 1828 or 1832. Thomas Blanchard built the schooner "Ore- gon" at Sandy Point in 1832. James Staples built the schooner "Peruvian" at Sandy Point in 1832.
In 1846, Nathaniel Stowers and Levi Staples opened a ship- yard above the Ross and Company coal wharf in Sandy Point. This yard was called the Stowers and Staples Yard. They
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built sixteen vessels between the years 1846 and 1868. Robert French built one schooner, the "Coquimba," in 1854 at Sandy Point. H. E. Shute built the "H. E. Shute" at Sandy Point in 1855. In 1857, Colcord, Mudgett and Co. opened their yard at Sandy Point. That yard was near the site of Summers Fertilizer Plant. That company built nine vessels between the years 1857 and 1868. In 1868, Mr. Mudgett retired from the firm. It was reorganized as Colcord, Berry and Company in 1869. Between the years 1869 and 1870, that company built five vessels. Alexander Black built two vessels at Sandy Point, the brig "Houston" in 1856 and the bark "Liberty" in 1866. Thomas Runnells built the "Lucy Ann" at Sandy Point in 1854. B. F. Rice built five vessels between the years 1866 and 1870. His yard was at Sandy Point. It was near the Colcord and Berry Yard. Alfred Ridley built the schooner, "Nettie Crooker," at Sandy Point in 1866. J. H. Shute built the schooner, "Almeda," at Sandy Point in 1867. There was a total of forty-seven vessels built in Sandy Point between the years of 1820 and 1867.
In 1918, shipbuilding was revived in Sandy Point at the site of the old Colcord and Berry Yard, under the name of the Sandy Point Shipbuilding Corporation. The corporation bought the old steamboat wharf and the stretch of beach ex- tending as far as the property owned by the Castine Alumni Association-about 1000 feet. A spur track was run from the B. & A. Railroad to the beach. At this point where the river is over a mile in width and with deep water off shore, was an ideal spot for a shipyard. Four vessels were built there during the year of 1919.
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