Barbour Boat Works

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Barbour Boat Works

Date: 1932 - 1990 | Identifier: 0758-b223-fc-i294

Aerial photograph of the Barbour Boat Works shipyard, New Bern, N.C. Barbour Boat Works, Inc., was founded by Herbert William Barbour in 1932 on the Trent River at New Bern, N.C., and closed in the mid-1980s. Date approximated. more...

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Description
Aerial photograph of the Barbour Boat Works shipyard, New Bern, N.C. Barbour Boat Works, Inc., was founded by Herbert William Barbour in 1932 on the Trent River at New Bern, N.C., and closed in the mid-1980s. Date approximated.

Date
1932 - 1990

Call Number
0758-b223-fc-i294

Additional Resources

Collection(s)
Naval and Maritime History
Special Collections Staff Pick Collection

Subject(s)
Boating industry--North Carolina--New Bern
Shipyards--North Carolina--New Bern
New Bern (N.C.)--Aerial photographs
Barbour Boat Works

Finding Aid
Barbour Boat Works, Inc. Records

Location (spatial)
United States--North Carolina--Craven County (N.C.)--New Bern (N.C.)

Type
still image

Medium
photographs

Physical Description
25.4cm x 20.2cm x 0cm

Rights Note
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Persistent URL
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Comments

Tue Feb 18 2020 10:11 PM

by glenn obertubesing

16" wood lapstrake,with a 30 h.p. evinrude, it was heaven to me at age 12 when i progressed to go out alone in my best friends fathers boat. the smell of the wood & the burned 30 wt. oil still would bring me back to those marvelous times in my life & i have boated all my life because of those memories

Thu Feb 18 2016 08:29 PM

by Richard Askins

I would like to come to the library and see the Barbour collection. Is it available for that? Do I need to make an appointment? Thank you, Richard Askins3

Thu Feb 18 2016 04:18 PM

by Larry Jeffus

I learned to weld working at Barbour Boat Works in the early 60s which led to a long career as a welding professor, textbook author, and most importantly, a welder. I have always been grateful to New Bern High School, my shop teacher, Zachariah Taylor Koonce and the ship yard for starting me on a lifelong career. As a young man, I was mesmerized by the many stories told by the old welders, such as their stories about welding on the Liberty Ships. I was pleased to learn when I returned to New Bern for my 50th class reunion that although the cityscape has changed, the people have not. It's still a warm and friendly place. Larry Jeffus Author of Welding Principles and Applications