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Description
The 5-masted schooner Edna Hoyt was one of the last two big vessels built by Dunn and Elliot in Thomaston. She also has the distinction of being one of three 5-masted schooners built in Thomaston, the only one built by Dunn and Elliot. She was built at a cost of $200,000, and launched on December 11, 1920. After World War I and the end of coastal trading, she was sold in 1924 for $25,000.
About This Item
- Title: Schooner Edna Hoyt, Thomaston, ca. 1921
- Creation Date: circa 1921
- Subject Date: circa 1921
- Location: Thomaston, Knox County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 8.5 cm x 12.5 cm
- Local Code: PhotographBoxShips 87.14
- Object Type: Image
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- 5-masted schooner
- boatbuilding
- coastal trade
- Dunn & Elliot
- sailing vessel
- schooner
- Thomaston built schooner
- Thomaston built ship
- WWI
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Thomaston Historical SocietyPO Box 384, Thomaston, ME 04861
(207) 354 2295
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