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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 25., Old ships and ship-building days of Medford. (search)
ooner lying at the wharf of one of the distilleries as to the depth and character of the river. After examining for himself the bed of the river and the depth of water at low tide and finding the neighborhood could furnish an ample supply of oak timber, he finally decided to locate his yard at the spot where all his ships were built. In 1802 was laid the keel of the first of the merchant ships which were known in every sea on the globe. Thatcher Magoun was born at Pembroke, Mass., June 17, 1775. He early chose the trade of ship carpenter and served his time with Enos Briggs at Salem, where he worked five years. From Salem he went to Mr. Barker's yard in Charlestown (the present Navy Yard), where he worked and studied two years and assisted in modelling. There he made the model of the first vessel he built, which was the Mt. Aetna of Medford. At this time Medford consisted mainly of farmhouses scattered along the highways to Woburn and Malden. At the centre of the town was