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Dunn and Elliot's Sail Loft, Thomaston, Maine 2008

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"… and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900 Only the gunboat “Kennebec,” built by John Hilt, was launched in Thomaston during 1861 to serve in the US…"

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Thomaston Bank, Stereo View, Thomaston, ca. 1865

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"… blockades to be destroyed at sea by Confederate gunboats. Except for those willing to risk their ships for considerable profits, the shipping…"