From collection Everett "Red" Boutilier Collection
Sample-Shevenel yard
At the Frank L. Sample & Son shipyard in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, in early September 1979 a huge, new marine railway was nearing completion of construction. The 500 ton railway was believed to be the largest east of New Bedfford, MA. Its cradle was 120 ft. long and 36 ft. wide. Its track was 475 ft. long. There had been a marine railway on this site since 1839. The yard had been sold in late 1977 by Frank L. Sample, Jr., to Prosper John "Bud" Shevenell, Jr., just weeks before Sample's death. Sample had run the business since 1938.
