Keywords: barges
Item 35297
Tug "A.G. Prentiss" and barge on the Saco River, ca. 1913
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1913 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Photographic print
Item 30946
Coal barges at Bragdon's Wharf, Biddeford, ca. 1912
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1912 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Enemies at Sea, Companions in Death
Lt. William Burrows and Commander Samuel Blyth, commanders of the USS Enterprise and the HMS Boxer, led their ships and crews in Battle in Muscongus Bay on Sept. 5, 1813. The American ship was victorious, but both captains were killed. Portland staged a large and regal joint burial.
Exhibit
After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - “Maine’s Century” Ends
"Last Coal Barge, Hallowell, ca. 1939Hubbard Free Library In 1939, the last coal delivery was made to the Wingate Wharf, and in 1962 the last tanker…"
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Edward O'Brien moves to Thomaston - 1850s
"… ranging in size from pinkies to schooners and barges to full-rigged ships called Down Easters. The Honorable Edward O’Brien and Captain Samuel…"
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
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.