 As the town developed, a number of the shipbuilders from the Meirionnydd side moved to the new port, building brigs, schooners, barquentines and brigantines.After the arrival of the railway there was a reduction in trade, but a new type of ship, the "Western Ocean Yacht", was developed for the salt cod industry in Newfoundland and Labrador.Shipbuilding came to an end in 1913, the last vessel to be built being the "Gestiana", which was lost on its maiden voyage.