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Description
In 1951 the American Can Company employed over 34,000 in 59 cities. But by 1972 the declining Downeast Maine fishing industry permanently closed the Lubec factory. The building complex stood until demolition 23 years later.
About This Item
- Title: American Can plant demolition, Lubec, 1995, 1995
- Creation Date: 1995
- Subject Date: 1995
- Location: Lubec, Washington County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 8.9 cm x 13.0 cm
- Local Code: American Can 6 jpg
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Canneries--Maine--Lubec
- Fish canneries--Maine--Lubec
- Container industry--Maine--Lubec
- Tin cans
- American Can Company
- Demolition--Maine--Lubec
- Processes & techniques
- Construction
- Buildings--Maine--Lubec
- Progress photographs
- Ruins--Maine--Lubec
- Johnson Street (Lubec, Me.)
- Streets--Maine--Lubec
- Fires--Maine--Lubec
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Lubec Historical Society135 Main Street, Lubec, ME 04652
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