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Biddeford History & Heritage Project

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Shipbuilding

Tug A.G. Prentiss towing a barge, ca. 1912

Tug A.G. Prentiss towing a barge, ca. 1912

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McArthur Public Library

The next year, Earle Rumery, the former president of Marblehead opened his own boatyard and marina--Rumery’s Boatyard--which is still in business today and thriving as a full-service builder, repairer and restorer of all kinds of vessels. A few years ago Rumery’s restored a beautiful three-masted ship from Bermuda, and at its re-launch it was the largest vessel launched in Biddeford since the "Jere G. Shaw" in 1917.


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