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Biddeford History & Heritage Project

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Shipbuilding

Dredger, Saco River, ca. 1915

Dredger, Saco River, ca. 1915

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McArthur Public Library

The "Jere G. Shaw" was the last large sailing vessel built on the Saco River. She traveled to Barbados on her first voyage and was owned in Biddeford for several years. She made several voyages to the West Indies, but was then sold at a heavy loss. She was wrecked in a great storm off Cape Hatteras in October 1930.


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