Ship Building

The Marietta Intelligencer, September 10, 1846

The vessels now building in this place are rapidly advancing towards completion. The hulls of the two Schooners, building by the Marietta Ship Company, are nearly finished and the planking of the Barque building by the Messrs. Waters has commenced. The success of this business in Marietta is attracting notice abroad, and in our exchanges we often meet with flattering remarks upon the excellence of the vessels built here, and commendatory notices of the spirit of enterprise which has induced our citizens to engage in the work. We are glad also to know that the attention of men from a distance who are particularly interested in the business is directed to this as a place where they can obtain first rate vessels.

We were shown yesterday a letter from a gentleman in St. Louis to a friend in this place (who however is in no way connected with Ship Building) requesting him to ascertain the cost of a vessel, which he described, "fully rigged and with all necessary fixtures, boats &c. - in short, ready to proceed to sea," and stating that he thought of visiting Marietta to make a contract.

The following extract we make from the Pittsburg Iron City:

Ship Building at Marietta. There are now on the stocks at Marietta three sea vessels in process of construction. Two of them are schooners, the other a barque which, when finished, will be for sale. The quality of the material used and the excellency of the workmanship cannot be surpassed. Who does not commend the spirit of enterprise which causes ships to be built at such a distance from the sea in the heart of an inland country?

And this from the Philadelphia North American:

Marietta, Ohio, is becoming celebrated for ship building. Some months since, the papers published a notice of the launching of a Barque at Marietta, which, after having loaded at Cincinnati with American produce, went to sea. There are now on the stocks at Marietta three sea vessels in process of construction. Two of them are schooners being built by the Marietta Ship Company by contract for some gentlemen in Salem, Massachusetts. The other is a barque, which, when finished, will be for sale. The quality of the material used and the excellence of the workmanship cannot be surpassed.