Keywords: Sail Maker
Item 27828
Dunn & Elliot Sail Loft, Thomaston, ca. 1875
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 15209
Contributed by: City of Brewer Date: circa 1865 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
In 1857, when Daniel Cough left Amoy Island, China, as a stowaway on a sailing ship from Mt. Desert Island he was on his way into history as the first Chinese person to make his home in Maine. He was soon followed by a cigar maker and a tea merchant who settled in Portland and then by many more Chinese men who spread all over Maine working mostly as laundrymen.
Exhibit
Rum, Riot, and Reform - Temperance Membership
"… Pump and Block Makers, Mast and Spar Makers, Rope Makers, Riggers and Sail Makers, 1841 William Capen, Jr. (ca."
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857
"Sails were cut and sewn at the sail lofts of Washburn & Sons and William Campbell. Shipyard owners and builders, Robinson, McCallum and Counce, sold…"
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators
"On that same steamer, a Wabanaki canoe maker was carrying a fleet of bark canoes that he would rent to Bar Harbor's burgeoning tourist population."
