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William D. Lawrence Shipyard

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17: 85:. While it was the most famous shipyard in Maitland, it was just one of many yards in the village, flanked on the south side by the Archibald McCallum Shipyard and to the north by the Sidney Smith shipyard. The site of the shipyard is today a partially eroded beach across the road from the Lawrence House Museum, the former residence of the shipbuilder. 42:
established the yard and built six vessels in it. His brothers Lockhart Lawrence and Thomas Lawrence both built vessels in the Shipyard as well as grandson Captain William Lawrence. The output of the Lawrence yard was relatively modest compared to other ship yards of the
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in 1874, reported to be the largest wooden ship ever built in Canada and one of the largest in the world at the time. The merchant, shipbuilder and politician
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The Lawrence ship yard was built across the road from William D. Lawrence's house near the mouth of the
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Lawrence himself built three ships prior to developing his own shipyard. He drafted plans for the
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but Lawrence achieved distinction when he decided to build the
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Marven Moore, "William D. Lawrence", Nova Scotia Museum
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Maitland, Nova Scotia
William D. Lawrence
William Dawson Lawrence
Bay of Fundy
Chappell Shipyard
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Five Mile River Shipyard
Shubenacadie River
Marven Moore, "William D. Lawrence", Nova Scotia Museum
"Maitland History", East Hants Municipality
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Shipbuilding
Atlantic Canada
John M. Blaikie
Frieze and Roy
James Havelock Harding
William D. Lawrence
Ebenezer Moseley
Amos Pentz
Joseph Salter
Richard W. Smith and George A. Rhuland
A. F. Theriault Shipyard
ABCO Industries
Dartmouth Marine Slips
Eatonville
Halifax Shipyard
Marystown Shipyard

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