![]() Launch of the Steamer City of Taunton at the Shipyards of Montgomery & Howard. | |
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Shipbuilding |
Genre | Written |
Founded | 1867 |
Founders | Jabez K. Montgomery and A. L. Howard |
Defunct | 1904 |
Fate | Closed |
Headquarters | Marginal Street, , |
Area served | New England |
Products | Wooden- hulled steamships and other watercraft |
Services | Ship repairs |
Montgomery & Howard was a 19th-century American shipbuilding company started by Jabez K. Montgomery and A. L. Howard in 1867. The shipyard was on Marginal Street in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Some of the finest boats in the New England cost were designed and built by them. The company stayed in business until 1904. The sidewheel passenger steamer Old Colony was the last vessel that the firm built.
During the American Civil War Jabez K. Montgomery and A. L. Howard worked for a large shipbuilding firm in Portland, Maine, where they constructed gunboats for the United States Navy. Both men were born in Warren, Maine, and were school boy friends. In 1867, they came to Chelsea, Massachusetts, to start the Montgomery & Howard shipbuilding company. [1]
The Montgomery & Howard shipyard was at 37 Marginal Street in Chelsea, Massachusetts, at the foot of Hawthorne Street. They built passenger steamboats, pilot boats, and ferryboats. Some of the finest boats in the New England coast were designed and built by them. They built for the Winnisimmet Ferry Company, Old Colony Steamship Company and the Fall River Line.
The sidewheel passenger steamer Old Colony was the last vessel that was built by the firm before going out of business in 1904. [2]
Montgomery was one of the best known shipbuilders of New England. He was a director of the First Ward National bank of East Boston and the Globe Gas Light company. He was a member of the common council city government from 1879-1880 and an Alderman in 1881 for six successive years. He lived in Chelsea for over thirty years. [1]
Montgomery died on March 7, 1907, in Chelsea, Massachusetts. [3]
Howard learned shipbuilding from his father who was a well-known shipbuilder and mechanic. He moved to Chelsea to develop the Montgomery & Howard firm with his friend Jabez K. Montgomery. He lived in Chelsea for over thirty years. [1]
Howard was a member of the Review club and was an established equestrian. He was one of the founders of the Hauthorne Club Stables. [1]
Howard died on December 22, 1902, in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Funeral services were conducted at his home by Rev R. Perry Bush, pastor of the First Universalist Church of Chelsea. Many shipbuilders and residents of Boston attended the services. He was buried at his birthplace in Warren, Maine. [4]
List of Montgomery & Howard ships. [5]
Name | Image | Owner | Type | Built | Description |
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City of Malden |
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Winnisimmet Ferry Company | Ferryboat | March 18, 1882 [6] | The City of Malden was withdrawn from the Chelsea route when the Winnisimmetline discontinued service in 1917 and were converted to a harbor lighter. [7] |
City of Fall River |
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Old Colony Steamboat Company | Freight boat | July 29, 1882 [8] | The paddle steamboat City of Fall River under way. |
Hesper |
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George W. Lawler, Augustus Hooper, and James L. Smith | pilot boat | 1884 | She was launched on October 4, 1884, from the Howard & Montgomery shipyard in Chelsea. [9] On May 13, 1901, the Hesper, was sold to Andrew C. Wheelwright, a retired merchant of Rowes Wharf, in Boston, Massachusetts. [10] |
City of Brockton |
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Old Colony Steamboat Company | Side-wheel Passenger steamboat | 1886 | Built for the Fall River Line. She was scrapped in 1929. [11] |
Mount Hope |
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Fall River & Providence Steamboat Company | Passenger steamboat | May 24, 1888 [12] | Scrapped in 1936. |
Varuna |
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Captain Thomas Cooper | pilot boat | 8 May 1890 | Varuna was built in 1890 by Howard & Montgomery at Chelsea. [13] She went out of commission in 1912 because of the introduction of steam power. She was sold to Stephen Simmons as a trading vessel between ports in the Spanish Main. [14] |
Mayflower |
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Nantasket Steamboat Company | Passenger steamboat | December 25, 1890 [15] | Beached at Nantasket in 1948. |
City of Taunton |
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Old Colony Steamboat Company | Side-Wheel Passenger steamer | May 28, 1892 [16] | Scrapped in 1929. |
Myles Standish |
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Nantasket Steamboat Company | Passenger steamboat | June 7, 1895 [17] | Scrapped in 1936. |
Hingham |
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Nantasket Beach Steamboat Company | Passenger steamer | April 8, 1896 [18] | Later Orient 1901, Bay Queen 1922, burnt in 1929. |
Fairhaven |
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N Y, N H & H Railroad Company | Ferryboat | February 5, 1896 [19] | Abandoned in 1934. |
Nantasket |
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Nantasket Steamboat Company | Passenger steamboat | May 5, 1902 [20] | Burnt Nantasket Beach Pier 1929 |
Old Colony |
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Nantasket Steamboat Company | Sidewheel passenger steamer | 1903 [2] | Burnt Nantasket Beach Pier 1929 |
![]() Launch of the Steamer City of Taunton at the Shipyards of Montgomery & Howard. | |
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Shipbuilding |
Genre | Written |
Founded | 1867 |
Founders | Jabez K. Montgomery and A. L. Howard |
Defunct | 1904 |
Fate | Closed |
Headquarters | Marginal Street, , |
Area served | New England |
Products | Wooden- hulled steamships and other watercraft |
Services | Ship repairs |
Montgomery & Howard was a 19th-century American shipbuilding company started by Jabez K. Montgomery and A. L. Howard in 1867. The shipyard was on Marginal Street in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Some of the finest boats in the New England cost were designed and built by them. The company stayed in business until 1904. The sidewheel passenger steamer Old Colony was the last vessel that the firm built.
During the American Civil War Jabez K. Montgomery and A. L. Howard worked for a large shipbuilding firm in Portland, Maine, where they constructed gunboats for the United States Navy. Both men were born in Warren, Maine, and were school boy friends. In 1867, they came to Chelsea, Massachusetts, to start the Montgomery & Howard shipbuilding company. [1]
The Montgomery & Howard shipyard was at 37 Marginal Street in Chelsea, Massachusetts, at the foot of Hawthorne Street. They built passenger steamboats, pilot boats, and ferryboats. Some of the finest boats in the New England coast were designed and built by them. They built for the Winnisimmet Ferry Company, Old Colony Steamship Company and the Fall River Line.
The sidewheel passenger steamer Old Colony was the last vessel that was built by the firm before going out of business in 1904. [2]
Montgomery was one of the best known shipbuilders of New England. He was a director of the First Ward National bank of East Boston and the Globe Gas Light company. He was a member of the common council city government from 1879-1880 and an Alderman in 1881 for six successive years. He lived in Chelsea for over thirty years. [1]
Montgomery died on March 7, 1907, in Chelsea, Massachusetts. [3]
Howard learned shipbuilding from his father who was a well-known shipbuilder and mechanic. He moved to Chelsea to develop the Montgomery & Howard firm with his friend Jabez K. Montgomery. He lived in Chelsea for over thirty years. [1]
Howard was a member of the Review club and was an established equestrian. He was one of the founders of the Hauthorne Club Stables. [1]
Howard died on December 22, 1902, in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Funeral services were conducted at his home by Rev R. Perry Bush, pastor of the First Universalist Church of Chelsea. Many shipbuilders and residents of Boston attended the services. He was buried at his birthplace in Warren, Maine. [4]
List of Montgomery & Howard ships. [5]
Name | Image | Owner | Type | Built | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
City of Malden |
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Winnisimmet Ferry Company | Ferryboat | March 18, 1882 [6] | The City of Malden was withdrawn from the Chelsea route when the Winnisimmetline discontinued service in 1917 and were converted to a harbor lighter. [7] |
City of Fall River |
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Old Colony Steamboat Company | Freight boat | July 29, 1882 [8] | The paddle steamboat City of Fall River under way. |
Hesper |
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George W. Lawler, Augustus Hooper, and James L. Smith | pilot boat | 1884 | She was launched on October 4, 1884, from the Howard & Montgomery shipyard in Chelsea. [9] On May 13, 1901, the Hesper, was sold to Andrew C. Wheelwright, a retired merchant of Rowes Wharf, in Boston, Massachusetts. [10] |
City of Brockton |
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Old Colony Steamboat Company | Side-wheel Passenger steamboat | 1886 | Built for the Fall River Line. She was scrapped in 1929. [11] |
Mount Hope |
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Fall River & Providence Steamboat Company | Passenger steamboat | May 24, 1888 [12] | Scrapped in 1936. |
Varuna |
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Captain Thomas Cooper | pilot boat | 8 May 1890 | Varuna was built in 1890 by Howard & Montgomery at Chelsea. [13] She went out of commission in 1912 because of the introduction of steam power. She was sold to Stephen Simmons as a trading vessel between ports in the Spanish Main. [14] |
Mayflower |
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Nantasket Steamboat Company | Passenger steamboat | December 25, 1890 [15] | Beached at Nantasket in 1948. |
City of Taunton |
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Old Colony Steamboat Company | Side-Wheel Passenger steamer | May 28, 1892 [16] | Scrapped in 1929. |
Myles Standish |
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Nantasket Steamboat Company | Passenger steamboat | June 7, 1895 [17] | Scrapped in 1936. |
Hingham |
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Nantasket Beach Steamboat Company | Passenger steamer | April 8, 1896 [18] | Later Orient 1901, Bay Queen 1922, burnt in 1929. |
Fairhaven |
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N Y, N H & H Railroad Company | Ferryboat | February 5, 1896 [19] | Abandoned in 1934. |
Nantasket |
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Nantasket Steamboat Company | Passenger steamboat | May 5, 1902 [20] | Burnt Nantasket Beach Pier 1929 |
Old Colony |
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Nantasket Steamboat Company | Sidewheel passenger steamer | 1903 [2] | Burnt Nantasket Beach Pier 1929 |