LB2012.17.244

LB2012.17.244

Dragger being finished on outside ways at Newbert & Wallace in Thomaston. The abandoned Creighton Limekiln site in Thomaston where the St George River turns sharply west (and where Lyman-Morse is now located) became a shipyard when Herb Newbert and Roy Wallace moved there in 1942 and began building wooden draggers, scallopers, sardine carriers, lobster boats, and occasional yachts. Their work, although mostly commercial, was widely respected for its quality, and if an owner wanted a fancy yacht, that yard proved again and again that it was up to the task.