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which they owned in the town went bankrupt. later, in , thomas burn is mentioned. at the age of he took over a yard which his mother, apparently the first female shipbuilder had been running. it must not be assumed that these were the only yards building ships, or rather boats, for few were on any size
bow seen on the wear, and later built several famous clippers, amongst them one for "old white hat" willis, who owned the "cutty sark". pile is said to have based the lines of his ships on those of the sailing cobles, and obviously believed in a form of tank testing, for he used to cut out small models...
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