In his day, Ebenezer Cox was hailed as a master of his trade, designing and building some of the finest ships ever to slide down the ways at Kingsport — and in Canada as a matter of fact. | SaltWire
Ed Coleman is a regular columnist for the Valley Journal Advertiser. - File PhotoIn his day, Ebenezer Cox was hailed as a master of his trade, designing and building some of the finest ships ever to slide down the ways at Kingsport — and in Canada as a matter of fact.
The shipbuilding career of Cox has never been fully told. However, an attempt was made to tell his story in 1903 when Cox was interviewed, and his record published in Middleton’s weekly newspaper, the Outlook. He was 75 at the time.HISTORICALLY SPEAKING WITH ED COLEMAN: Irish immigrants often forced to settle in out-of-the-way N.S. communities
Recently, I came across Loomer’s letter in my files. And since the newspaper article on Cox’s career may never have been recorded elsewhere, I’ve reproduced parts of it here. “Brace yourself. Here are all thirty of the vessels designed and built by Cox, and some of the missing pieces of the story. “Fair and Easy, 300 ton brig; Berwick, 400 ton barque; Emma Frances, 355 ton barque; Nancy, 267 brig; Exploit, 40 ton schooner; Bertaux, 1022 ship; C. R. Burgess, 513 ton brig; Charlie, 770 ton barque; and the Kate Howe, 549 ton barque.
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