Ships
ships
Ships
Ships
Ships
ships
Ships
ships
Ships
A few items timber was used to build include homes, businesses, furniture, and various forms of transportation - carts, wagons, and boats.
Ships
Ships
Cabins
First of all, natural resources in the New England colonies made shipbuilding a logical industry. Vast forests offered an abundance of timber. Textile manufacturing offered the apparatus to build sails and the growth of hemp enabled easy access to ship rigging. Finally, the fishing industry offered a homegrown market for the product.