From collection Ed Coffin Collection
Ship SAMUEL WATTS in Georges River, Thomaston, Maine in 1870
Ship SAMUEL WATTS in Georges River, Thomaston, Maine in 1870 Two ships named SAMUEL WATTS, one built in 1855, the second built in 1870; both built in Thomaston, Maine, by Samuel Watts. See pages 450, 450-a, and 450-b, Applebee Notebook Series. Maine Memory Network (2014), source Thomaston Historical Society, describing same image: 'This photos shows the Ship SAMUEL WATTS as she rounds the Beacon, a navigation aid, in the Georges River. The Ship SAMUEL WATTS, 2034 tons, was built by E. Watts in 1870 in the Watts Shipyard on Water Street, in Thomaston.'