Keywords: Caulking irons
Item 55349
Caulking Iron, Popham Colony, ca. 1607
Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1607 Location: Phippsburg Media: Iron
Item 14772
Ship's Caulking Tool Kit, ca. 1820
Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1820 Media: Cast steel, wood, leather
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George Popham and a group of fellow Englishmen arrived at the mouth of the Kennebec River, hoping to trade with Native Americans, find gold and other valuable minerals, and discover a Northwest passage. In 18 months, the fledgling colony was gone.
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The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
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Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources
"… worked together on this, the horsing iron has caulk away deck seams while the Jerry Iron had to extract old seems from the deck seams."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857
"Ship's Caulking Tool KitDavistown Museum Work was plentiful for ship caulkers, whose job was to fill the seams between the wooden planking."
