The last ferry under construction, Westport Island, 1938
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Westport Island History Committee
Verlie's father, Charles E. Colby (1861-1939), a carpenter, farmer, and portable saw mill owner, built Westport's last ferry, which operated until 1950 when the causeway opened.
The cable ferry service connected Westport to Wiscasset for 47 years. The original ferry, or scow, was replaced or rebuilt in 1919; Colby's scow, built in the 1930s, was the final ferry replacement.
"My father was a carpenter. …The last ferry boat going from Westport to Wiscasset [was] built by my father."
Verlie Greenleaf, 1987
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