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''Cashier'' is a former two-masted Delaware Bay oyster schooner located at the Bayshore Center in the
Bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...
section of Commercial Township in
Cumberland County, New Jersey Cumberland County is a coastal county located on the Delaware Bay in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population was 154,152, making it the 16th-largest of the state's 21 counties. Its county seat is Bridg ...
. She was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
on February 8, 2016, for her significance in agriculture and maritime history. According to the nomination form, she is the "oldest, continuously-worked American-flagged merchant vessel in the United States". With accompanying 16 photos.


History and description

Built in Cedarville by Milton Duffield, she was launched in 1849 and worked the waters around Bivalve until 2000. An engine, shaft, and propeller were added in 1916. One mast was removed in 1938. She is currently sunk in a boat slip in a marsh of the
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at the Bayshore Center. An exhibit, "''Cashier's'' Pilothouse", is featured at the museum.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, New Jersey National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...


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* {{NRHP in Cumberland County, New Jersey Commercial Township, New Jersey National Register of Historic Places in Cumberland County, New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places Oyster schooners Ships built in New Jersey Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey