Keywords: sloop
Item 12794
Sloop Hero weathervane, Colby College, Waterville, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections Date: circa 1900 Location: Waterville Media: Photographic print
Item 34004
Rusticators sailing, Blue Hill, 1907
Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library Date: 1907 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
George Henry Preble of Portland, nephew of Edward Preble who was known as the father of the U.S. Navy, temporarily lost his command during the Civil War when he was charged with failing to stop a Confederate ship from getting through the Union blockade at Mobile.
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
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Shipping
"On August 9, 1804, Knox noted “60 spruce knees bought of Mark Davis at 4/6 each for the sloop now building.” When Knox settled accounts with Edward…"
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740
"Sloops transported several Scotch-Irish settlers and their cattle to populate the area, and they were housed in thirty log cabins constructed between…"
