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Biddeford History & Heritage Project

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Shipbuilding

Coal barges at Bragdon's Wharf, Biddeford, ca. 1912

Coal barges at Bragdon's Wharf, Biddeford, ca. 1912

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McArthur Public Library

The last known ship produced by the yard was the ship "Priscilla", built in 1865. The shipyard appears to have closed in 1866, after the death of Elisha. Edmund disappears from the local records after this time, and is thought to have moved away with his family. Elisha and his family are buried in Saco at Laurel Hill Cemetery, overlooking the river on which he made his living.


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