Reply #11: No, to my knowledge there is no "Lowell's Boat Shop" . . . [View All]

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No, to my knowledge there is no "Lowell's Boat Shop" . . . in Salem, Massachusetts. Salem has several great boat shops but no "Lowell's Boat Shop."

However, there is the well-known and long-standing Lowell's Boat Shop (Museum) in Amesbury, Massachusetts along the Merrimack River (also the north shore/Northern Essex County). This Lowell's Boat Shop is the oldest operating boat shop in the U.S.A. It is a museum as well as a teaching facility. It used to sell items. I do not know if Lowell's Boat Shop Museum and its related teaching workshops presently sell items to the public. Their wooden dories are known internationally and were the basis of the original Gloucester (Massachusetts) fishing industry. Contact information including telephone numbers and email addy are available on their "about us" website.


"Built in 1793, Lowell’s Boat Shop is the oldest operating boat shop in America.
It is located on the banks of the Merrimack River in Amesbury MA. This working museum continues to make wooden boats in the more than 200 year-old tradition of Lowell’s craftsmanship. It is on both the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic Landmark. Visitors can view boat builders at work, schedule a guided tour, go rowing or view exhibits."
http://www.themaritimesociety.org/anmviewer.asp?a=1&z=1