Shawmut Dam on the Kennebec River on Maine was built by the Shawmut Manufacturing Company in 1914. As there are abandoned railroad tracks nearby, the Shawmut Manufacturing Company may be a link between Shawmut Bank and the other railroad-related uses of the Shawmut name. Shawmut, Montana is a small community near Harlowton. It takes its name from a train station, which, in turn, may have taken its name from the surname of a local rancher or may be connected to the railroad interests mentioned above. Shawmut Design and Construction is a large national construction management firm with headquarters in Boston and offices in New York City; Providence, Rhode Island; Las Vegas; Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; West Springfield, Massachusetts; and New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1982, the name Shawmut comes from the company's first office which was near the Shawmut MBTA station mentioned above. MV Shawmut was a steel commercial trawler, built in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1938, which later served the U.S Navy as the USS Goldcrest (AM-80) during World War II. Shawmut Group is a public affairs and campaign consulting firm based in Boston. It is managed by Eric Fehrnstrom, Beth Myers, and Peter Flaherty. See also Shawmut Motor Company USS Shawmut'' References Geography of Boston