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Photocopied 1997 (originally created 1964-1988) (Creation)
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- Carpenter, Reuben
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40 blueprints
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Reuben Carpenter (1911-2001) master shipbuilder, designer, vessel inspector, was born in Little Catalina, Newfoundland on 21 June 1911, son of Annie (Tippett) and Philip Carpenter. Reuben Carpenter married twice. His first marriage was to Elizabeth Dalton and they had three children: Winnie, Marcie and Pearl. His second marriage was to Ducile Johnson and they had five children: Joe, Louise, Bruce, Marie, and Joan. Carpenter died in Port Union, Newfoundland on 18 May 2001.
Between the mid 1940s and 1965, Carpenter worked at the Clarenville Shipyard where he designed and built ships, including the "Splinter Fleet" and the Philip E. Lake, the last of the Newfoundland banking schooners. In 1965, Reuben Carpenter moved his family from Clarenville to Port Union and opened Carpenter's Shipyard. In the 1970s, Carpenter also worked for the Government of Newfoundland as a boat inspector, and in Postville, Labrador where he was involved in vessels construction.
Carpenter retired to Port Union where he died in 2001.
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Fonds consists of 31 photocopied blueprints of vessel plans and designs, drawn by Reuben Carpenter between 1964 and 1987. The plans were drawn for the Clarenville Shipyard and for Carpenter's Shipyard at Port Union. The fonds includes line drawings, profile plans and construction plans. File 13 and 14 are plans for a passenger freighter. All other plans are for fishing vessels.
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Acquired from Reuben Carpenter.
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- English
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No restrictions on access to the materials in the fonds.
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MHA finding aid 111
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Basil Fearn fonds
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The blueprints were copied by Norman Wade Ltd. in 1997.
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Created - May 11, 2013
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- English