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13912Vinalhaven II - Ferry
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Ferry Service
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
For over a year [after the start of WWII] the Penobscot Bay islands had no regular ferry service. Local fishermen and boat owners filled in as best they could. Then, at a special town meeting in August 1942, Vinalhaven voted to raise $55,000 to build a powerboat. The result was a sixty-five-foot, diesel-powered “motorship” named “Vinalhaven II,” built in Southwest Harbor, Maine. The boat went into service in July 1943, and Charles Philbrook was her captain…” – “Stories from the Maine Coast: Skppers, Ships and Storms” by Harry Gratwick, The History Press, 2012, p. 54-55. "The “Vinalhaven II”, 57 gross tons owned by the Vinalhaven Port District, Inc. of Rockland was built [by Southwest Boat Corporation] in 1943 to serve the island of Vinalhaven with passenger and freight service to Rockland." - "Boatbuilding During World War II: MDI, Ellsworth, Stonington and Bluehill" by Ralph W. Stanley, p. 10 - 1997. “Vinalhaven II” was designed by Cyrus “Cy” Hamlin. “Clarence” Bennett, a fisherman, was one of the group that raised the money to build “Vinalhaven II.” – Ralph W. Stanley 2011.
Vinalhaven II - Ferry
Item:
  • 13912   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Ferry Service
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
Description:
For over a year [after the start of WWII] the Penobscot Bay islands had no regular ferry service. Local fishermen and boat owners filled in as best they could. Then, at a special town meeting in August 1942, Vinalhaven voted to raise $55,000 to build a powerboat. The result was a sixty-five-foot, diesel-powered “motorship” named “Vinalhaven II,” built in Southwest Harbor, Maine. The boat went into service in July 1943, and Charles Philbrook was her captain…” – “Stories from the Maine Coast: Skppers, Ships and Storms” by Harry Gratwick, The History Press, 2012, p. 54-55. "The “Vinalhaven II”, 57 gross tons owned by the Vinalhaven Port District, Inc. of Rockland was built [by Southwest Boat Corporation] in 1943 to serve the island of Vinalhaven with passenger and freight service to Rockland." - "Boatbuilding During World War II: MDI, Ellsworth, Stonington and Bluehill" by Ralph W. Stanley, p. 10 - 1997. “Vinalhaven II” was designed by Cyrus “Cy” Hamlin. “Clarence” Bennett, a fisherman, was one of the group that raised the money to build “Vinalhaven II.” – Ralph W. Stanley 2011. [show more]
13791Casco Bay Steamship Company
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Transportation Business
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Casco Bay Steamship Company
Item:
  • 13791   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Transportation Business
  • Vessels, Steamboat
6366The Henry R. Hinckley Company as Manset Boat Yard - Boats in Storage Outside - II
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 130 Shore Road
The Henry R. Hinckley Company as Manset Boat Yard - Boats in Storage Outside - II
Item:
  • 6366   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 130 Shore Road
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
7822Robert Farnsworth Rich and Crew Lengthening a Boat at Southwest Harbor Boat Corporation
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943
  • Southwest Harbor
Robert Farnsworth Rich and Crew Lengthening a Boat at Southwest Harbor Boat Corporation
Item:
  • 7822   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1943
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
7823Ferry Vinalhaven II Under Construction
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943-03-04
  • Southwest Harbor
Ferry Vinalhaven II Under Construction
Item:
  • 7823   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1943-03-04
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
7824Ferry Vinalhaven II Under Construction
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943-03-04
  • Southwest Harbor
Ferry Vinalhaven II Under Construction
Item:
  • 7824   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1943-03-04
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
7825Ferry Vinalhaven II Under Construction
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943-03-04
  • Southwest Harbor
Ferry Vinalhaven II Under Construction
Item:
  • 7825   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1943-03-04
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
7826Ferry Vinalhaven II Under Construction
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943-03-04
  • Southwest Harbor
Ferry Vinalhaven II Under Construction
Item:
  • 7826   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1943-03-04
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
7827Ferry Vinalhaven II Under Construction
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943-03-04
  • Southwest Harbor
Robert Farnsworth Rich in overalls.
Ferry Vinalhaven II Under Construction
Item:
  • 7827   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1943-03-04
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Robert Farnsworth Rich in overalls.
7869Sardine Carrier Continental and Others at the J.W. Stinson and Son in Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1957-10
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 11 Apple Lane
Sardine Carrier Continental and Others at the J.W. Stinson and Son in Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 7869   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Vessels, Ship
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1957-10
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 11 Apple Lane
10725Yawl, Venturer - Coming Out of the Shed
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1956-05-14
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 130 Shore Road
The automobile to the right of the vessel is a circa 1948 Jeep CJ (Civilian Jeep) Note the peavey stuck into the ground (above the “O” on the “DETOUR” sign). A peavey is a logging tool with a wooden shaft and metal hook invented in 1857 by blacksmith Joseph Daniel Peavey (1799-1873) of Stillwater, Maine, as a refinement to the cant hook to manhandle logs on logging runs. The Peavey Manufacturing Co. is still located in Maine (Eddington, Maine) and manufactures several variations.
Yawl, Venturer - Coming Out of the Shed
Item:
  • 10725   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1956-05-14
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 130 Shore Road
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
The automobile to the right of the vessel is a circa 1948 Jeep CJ (Civilian Jeep) Note the peavey stuck into the ground (above the “O” on the “DETOUR” sign). A peavey is a logging tool with a wooden shaft and metal hook invented in 1857 by blacksmith Joseph Daniel Peavey (1799-1873) of Stillwater, Maine, as a refinement to the cant hook to manhandle logs on logging runs. The Peavey Manufacturing Co. is still located in Maine (Eddington, Maine) and manufactures several variations. [show more]
11465Raymond Adelbert Bunker at Work in the Hinckley Shop on Cruiser Patsy S.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-04-20
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 130 Shore Road
The photograph shows the use of spliced frames, "split frames." Split frames were sawed on the band saw. "Every boat around here was built that way." They would bend the frames in. "The timber goes down in the gain socket." - Ralph Stanley, March 4, 2013.
Raymond Adelbert Bunker at Work in the Hinckley Shop on Cruiser Patsy S.
Item:
  • 11465   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-04-20
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 130 Shore Road
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
The photograph shows the use of spliced frames, "split frames." Split frames were sawed on the band saw. "Every boat around here was built that way." They would bend the frames in. "The timber goes down in the gain socket." - Ralph Stanley, March 4, 2013.
11461Launching Mary Rose
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat
Launching Mary Rose
Item:
  • 11461   
Accession #:
  • 1053
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Newman Family
11612Friendship Sloop Dictator Before Restoration
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • 1972-12-29
  • Stonington ME
Friendship Sloop Dictator Before Restoration
Item:
  • 11612   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
Date:
  • 1972-12-29
Place:
  • Stonington ME
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
12333Unknown Boat Under Construction at Southwest Boat Corporation
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat
Unknown Boat Under Construction at Southwest Boat Corporation
Item:
  • 12333   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat
State:
  • ME
6139Isabel B. Wiley and the Bloomer Loading Granite at Hall Quarry - After 1906
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1906 after
  • Mount Desert, Hall Quarry
Isabel B. Wiley and the Bloomer Loading Granite at Hall Quarry - After 1906
Item:
  • 6139   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1906 after
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Hall Quarry
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
8088Lennox L. Bink Sargent and Chester Warren Stanley with Framework for a Mine Yawl at Southwest Boat Corporation
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • 1944 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 168 Clark Point Road
Mine Yawls were built for the army during World War II for laying and tending mines. This one could have been either a tow yawl or a mine yawl.
Lennox L. Bink Sargent and Chester Warren Stanley with Framework for a Mine Yawl at Southwest Boat Corporation
Item:
  • 8088   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Date:
  • 1944 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 168 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • Collection of the Beal Family
Description:
Mine Yawls were built for the army during World War II for laying and tending mines. This one could have been either a tow yawl or a mine yawl.
9831Hauling a Ronald Dean Rich boat at Rich & Grindle Boat Shop
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Rich - Roger Clifton Rich (1913-1996)
  • 1962
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 50 Clark Point Road
The man on the tractor may have been Kenneth E. Billings (1915-2002) of Billings & Hamblen Construction. The vessel may be the "Carolyn J." built for Arnold Jenks and launched in the spring of 1962.
Hauling a Ronald Dean Rich boat at Rich & Grindle Boat Shop
Item:
  • 9831   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Creator:
  • Rich - Roger Clifton Rich (1913-1996)
Date:
  • 1962
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 50 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • Collection of Meredith Rich Hutchins
Description:
The man on the tractor may have been Kenneth E. Billings (1915-2002) of Billings & Hamblen Construction. The vessel may be the "Carolyn J." built for Arnold Jenks and launched in the spring of 1962.
11652R-Class Racing Sloop Jack Tar Stripped to the Timbers
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
  • Westphal - David Westphal
  • 1978
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 102 Clark Point Road
R-Class Racing Sloop Jack Tar Stripped to the Timbers
Item:
  • 11652   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
Creator:
  • Westphal - David Westphal
Date:
  • 1978
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 102 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
Tags:
boat shop, boat
12534Freedom Molds Set Up and the Ribbands Going On
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • Milner - Craig Milner
  • 1976
  • Southwest Harbor
Freedom Molds Set Up and the Ribbands Going On
Item:
  • 12534   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
Creator:
  • Milner - Craig Milner
Date:
  • 1976
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
12535Freedom - Putting On the Cabin.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • Milner - Craig Milner
  • 1976
  • Southwest Harbor
"Morning Star" can be seen in the left corner.
Freedom - Putting On the Cabin.
Item:
  • 12535   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
Creator:
  • Milner - Craig Milner
Date:
  • 1976
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
"Morning Star" can be seen in the left corner.
12536Timbering Freedom
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • Milner - Craig Milner
  • 1976
  • Southwest Harbor
Jeff Gold (wearing the 69 tee shirt) is taking timber out of the steamer.
Timbering Freedom
Item:
  • 12536   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
Creator:
  • Milner - Craig Milner
Date:
  • 1976
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Jeff Gold (wearing the 69 tee shirt) is taking timber out of the steamer.
12538Ralph Stanley fitting a deck plank on Freedom
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • Milner - Craig Milner
  • 1976
  • Southwest Harbor
Ralph Stanley fitting a deck plank on Freedom
Item:
  • 12538   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
Creator:
  • Milner - Craig Milner
Date:
  • 1976
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
12543Friendship Sloop Morning Star - Construction
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • Milner - Craig Milner
  • 1976
  • Southwest Harbor
Ralph fitting fascia piece
Friendship Sloop Morning Star - Construction
Item:
  • 12543   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
Creator:
  • Milner - Craig Milner
Date:
  • 1976
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Ralph fitting fascia piece
12350Fishing Boats at Southwest Boat Corporation Wharf, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1964-03
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 168 Clark Point Road
Fishing Boats at Southwest Boat Corporation Wharf, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 12350   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1964-03
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 168 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection