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Washburn and Doughty
East Boothbay, Maine

Washburn & Doughty have been designing and building custom tugs, as well as fishing boats, barges, ferries and commercial passanger vessels at their East Boothbay Yard since 1977.

Sheridan had been working with the company to design a new building addition and were on the verge of starting construction when a devastating fire destroyed the entire shipyard on July 11th. Without hesitation, and in fact, before the fire was out, Washburn and Doughty were making plans on how to finish two tugs that were under construction and rebuild their facility. The company will be building tugs "out of doors" this winter while their new building is being constructed. The new building will have two large construction bays with fabrication support mezzanines runing down the center of the building. Each bay will have two 20 ton bridge cranes. The fire has given them a clean slate and this new facilty will offer many improvements that will allow the company to grow.

Marine Log article on the web:
http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008oct00122.html

Read an article by Bob Moore on the web at: http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Rising-from-the-ashes-Washburn-and-Doughty-cleans-up-and-starts-rebuilding/12605/

Visit Washburn & Doughty on the web at: http://www.washburndoughty.com/wd/