Keywords: Horse ferries
Item 105907
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Dresden Media: Glass Plate Negative
Item 23398
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904 Location: Bingham Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways
Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.
Exhibit
For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry
"Silsby was the first ferry to serve Swan’s Island, welcomed with a festive inaugural ceremony in July of 1960."
Site Page
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview
"Governor Brann Ferry, Islesboro, ca. 1940Islesboro Historical Society Very soon, islanders saw the need for a boat that could transport several cars…"
Story
The only letter to survive World War II
by Cyrene Slegona
Only one of many letters my father sent to his wife remained after he came home from World War II.
