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The B.N. Morris Canoe Company of Veazie, Maine, produced wood and canvas canoes from 1891 until fire destroyed the factory late in 1919. The shapeliness, style, and workmanship of the Morris canoes and boats made some of the most picturesque craft that were ever built with this construction form.〔Stelmok, Jerry and Rollin Thurlow, ''The Wood & Canvas Canoe: A Complete Guide to its History, Construction, Restoration, and Maintenance'', The Harpswell Press, 1987, p. 47-48.〕 ==The Morris Company== The men behind the B.N. Morris Canoe Company were Bert Morris (24 June 1866 – 31 May 1940) and his older brother, Charles (10 February 1860 – 9 May 1928). Initially, canoes were built in a shop behind the Morris family home in Veazie, Maine. The building was four stories high, with a different aspect of canoe construction completed on each floor. When the shop behind the family home became too small for the growing company, it was replaced by a large factory-complex consisting of nine buildings, each serving a step in the canoe-building process. Although Morris was not the first to market canvas-covered canoes, it was among the first to distribute through a system of dealerships.〔Klos, Kathryn,''The Canoes of Belle Isle'', ''Wooden Canoe''156:10, December 2009.〕 In the early years of the twentieth century, Morris began offering a less expensive factory-direct line of canoes under the name "Veazie Canoe Company". These canoes were identical to those carrying the B.N. Morris name with the exception of being trimmed in ash or maple rather than high grade mahogany.〔Klos, Kathryn, ''Veazie: A Catalog Found, A History Unfolds'', ''Wooden Canoe'' 144:12-15, December 2007.〕 The evening of December 15, 1919, a fire, described in ''The Bangor Daily News'' as "... very spectacular, lighting up the country for miles around", destroyed the B.N. Morris factory complex.〔''Bangor Daily News'', December 16, 1919.〕 Articles from ''The Bangor Daily News'' and ''The Bangor Daily Commercial'' 〔''The Bangor Daily Commercial'', December 16, 1919〕 contain accounts of the fire but contradict each other in regard to the possible location of the fire's start and the extent of loss. Both articles assure the public that the factory would be rebuilt, but it was not. The factory's office building survived the fire and is today the office of a Veazie motel known as The Stucco Lodge. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「B.N. Morris Canoe Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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