Shipbuilding on the Damariscotta River:

Four of the region’s authorities on local shipbuilding history will share the podium on Thursday, March 27th at the Damariscotta River Association’s Great Salt Bay Farm Heritage Center. Drawing from historical photos, evidence from archaeological investigations, maps, and other historical data, David Andrews, Mark Biscoe, Peter Lindquist, and Tim Dinsmore will describe aspects of the important and evolving shipbuilding industry on the Damariscotta River during an informal evening of presentations and discussions. This free event will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and light refreshments will be served.

South Bristol historian David Andrews will describe the history of the famed Gamage Shipyard. Photographer Peter Lindquist will share images from the Red Boutilier collection, of which he is curator for the Penobscot Marine Museum. Mark Biscoe, author of "No Pluckier Set of Men Anywhere: The story of ships and men in Damariscotta and Newcastle, Maine", will focus his comments on the upper Damariscotta River. Finally, archaeologist Tim Dinsmore will step further back in time with a discussion of 18th-century shipwrights George Barstow and Nathaniel Bryant.

For more information about the event, contact the DRA Office at (207) 563-1393. The Great Salt Bay Farm Heritage Center, where the event will be held, is located at 110 Belvedere Road in Damariscotta (directions (pdf) ...)