Contributed by Lubec Memorial Library
Description
Photo taken after Hiram Comstock's "Starvation" Cannery closed. Note "Klondike" written on photo. Text on back describes photo: "The front view, facing west, of Plant No.1 was used for the testing and depositing of gold. It was the grist mill of Hiram Comstock, later used as a sardine factory. The mill pond is in the foreground. Now (1962) only a few short posts remain to mark the location."
About This Item
- Title: Electrolytic Marine Salts Co., Mill Creek, North Lubec, ca. 1940
- Creation Date: circa 1930
- Subject Date: circa 1930
- Location: Mill Creek, Lubec, Washington County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 12.50 cm x 17.75 cm
- Collection: Edith Comstock Collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Electrolytic Marine Salts Company
- Fisher, Charles--Homes and haunts--Maine--Lubec
- Fishery processing industries--Maine--Lubec
- Canned fish industry--Maine--Lubec
- Canned sardines--Maine--Lubec
- Mills--Maine--Lubec
- Gold--Maine--Lubec
- Jernegan, P.F.--Homes and haunts--Maine--Lubec
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