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Marine Room
The Marine Room highlights "The Golden Age of Sail" in the 19th century when Sackville was both a busy port and a ship-building centre. |
| The Port of Sackville model depicts the port installations and warehouses as they would have looked in 1887 during the decade of peak usage. |
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| The original small public wharf was built in 1840-41 by local merchants with the assistance of a small public grant. A second private wharf was built by Ogden and Wood in the 1860s, and in 1877 a spur line from the Inter-Colonial Railroad was built to service the wharf. A further extension was built in 1887 when the NB & PEI Railway built a second railway spur and greatly extended the original wharf, creating the so-called Railway Wharf. |
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The Boultenhouse Shipyard model shows the yard in 1866 and illustrates the configuration of the shipyard buildings and slipways that were located on the banks of the Tantramar River some 1600 feet downsteam from the Port of Sackville. |
| The buildings depict the large steam powered sawmill, pattern and sail building, blacksmith shop and shipyard foreman's house. On the slipways in 1866 were the brigantine "Gem" and the 473 ton barque "Cadette". |
| An outstanding feature of the Marine Roon is the original wallpaper. |
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