Carleton-Norwood Shipyard Collection

Archive

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Walsh History Center - Camden Public Library

Name/Title

Carleton-Norwood Shipyard Collection

Entry/Object ID

WHC 2013.40

Scope and Content

Photocopies of several articles relating to Carleton and Amsbury / Amesbury sea captains and a list of vessels built at the Carleton yard and their fates. Includes compiled obituaries of several Carleton and Amsbury people. Loaned for scanning were images of several Carleton-Norwood built ships. Images were photos of paintings taken in the Norwood office, later likely destroyed in Rockport kiln fire 1907 according to donor.

Collection

Carleton-Norwood Shipyard Collection

Cataloged By

Heather Moran

Acquisition

Accession

WHC 2013.40

Source or Donor

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Semple

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Ship captains, Shipbuilding, Ships, Shipyards

Search Terms

"Adolph Obrig", "S.D. Carleton", "Shenandoah", "William H. Macy", Carleton-Norwood Shipyard, Maine, Rockport, Obituaries

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Manuscript Collection

Archive Details

Creator

Semple, Barbara

Date(s) of Creation

1844 - 1906

Archive Items Details

Title

List of Vessels

Description

List of vessels built at the Carleton-Norwood Shipyard 1844-1891. Includes vessel tonnage and fate of vessel if known. Nine laser copies of paintings of selected vessels built at the shipyard: Adolph Obrig, Frederick Billings, J. Harkness, P.J. Carleton, Raphael, Richard Parsons, S.D. Carleton, William H. Macy, and Wandering Jew.

Creator

Semple, Barbara

Container

1

Subjects

Ships, Shipyards, Shipbuilding

Notes

Location: Vertical File Container: Carleton-Norwood Shipyard Collection

Title

Adolph Obrig cholera outbreak, 1885; Pacific Voyage 1906, William H. Macy

Description

New York Times article about "four deaths from a mysterious disease on the Bark Obrig." Article published March 16, 1885. The ill-fated Adolph Obrig was built at the Carleton-Norwood yard in Rockport, Maine in 1881 and was lost off Cape Horn due to improper rigging. Six-page transcription of Captain James Allen's account of his time as a seaman aboard the William H. Macy in 1906 in Tacoma, WA. The Macy was built at the Carleton yard in 1883. Pages copied from originals at the San Francisco Maritime Museum.

Creator

New York Times

Date(s) of Creation

Mar 16, 1885

Container

2

Subjects

Ships, Cholera, Diseases, Burials at sea, Sailors

Notes

Location: Vertical File Container: Carleton-Norwood Shipyard Collection

Title

Amsbury /Carleton /Brastow families

Description

Obituaries for Capt. Stanley Amsbury (1868-1905), Ralph W. Carleton (1861-1927), Willis E. Carleton (1854-1945), Reverend T. E. Brastow (1835-1905), Mrs. T.E. Brastow (1840-1909), Maria Brastow (1808-1893), P.J. Carleton (1825-1899), and Julia T. Brastow (?-1934). New York World newspaper article "A Million Miles on the Ocean" (1905) about Captain J.A. Amsbury, master of the "biggest wooden boat in the world." Newspaper article (undated) about Captain Edwin T. Amesbury (1837 - ?) of Rockport. Newspaper article about the famed 1891 race from San Francisco to Havre between the S.D. Carleton and the Shenandoah.

Creator

Various newspapers

Container

3

Subjects

Ship captains, Shipbuilding, Ships

Search Terms

Obituaries

Notes

Location: Vertical File Container: Carleton-Norwood Shipyard Collection

Location

Location

Container

Carleton-Norwood Shipyard folder

Cabinet

Vertical File

Building

Walsh History Center

Category

Permanent

Date

October 21, 2025

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Date Examined

Dec 14, 2013

Examined By

Heather Moran

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Amesbury, Capt. Edwin T.

Person or Organization

Carleton, Ralph W.

Person or Organization

Carleton, Ralph W. (1864-1927)

Person or Organization

Amsbury, Capt. Stanley (1868-1905)

Person or Organization

Brastow, Rev. T.E. (1835-1905)

Person or Organization

Carleton, Hon. Philander J. (1825-1899)

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Heather Moran Status Date: 2013-12-14

Created By

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Create Date

December 14, 2013

Updated By

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Update Date

October 27, 2025