Keywords: Boatbuilding
Item 27160
Georges River toward former tollbridge, Thomaston, 1946
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1946 Location: Thomaston Media: Postcard
Item 12755
Boatyard at Center Harbor, Brooklin, 1995
Contributed by: Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society Date: 1995 Location: Brooklin Media: Photo transparency
Exhibit
Great Cranberry Island's Preble House
The Preble House, built in 1827 on a hilltop over Preble Cove on Great Cranberry Island, was the home to several generations of Hadlock, Preble, and Spurling family members -- and featured in several books.
Exhibit
A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915
After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Today
"established in 1912, Lyman Morse Boatbuilding Co. is well known in the custom-boatbuilding world, and continues to produce a line of high-end boats…"
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950
"Morse of Friendship, established Morse Boatbuilding Co. in 1912, one of the longest operating boatbuilding businesses in Thomaston."
