Keywords: town wharf
Item 29330
Lumber piled on town wharf, Blue Hill, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Blue Hill Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photographic print
Item 80343
The "Mineola" leaving the Jameson & Wotton Wharf, Friendship, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Friendship Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Friendship Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Jameson & Wotton Wharf, Friendship
Since 1897, the Jameson & Wotton Wharf in Friendship has been an important addition to the community on Muscongus Bay. The wharf, which is accessible at all tides, was a steamboat stop for many years, as well as important to the lobster business.
Exhibit
Promoting Rockland Through a Stereopticon, 1875
Frank Crockett and photographer J.P. Armbrust took stereo views of Rockland's downtown, industry, and notable homes in the 1870s as a way to promote tourism to the town.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop
"… as early as 1792, and was known either as Knox’s wharf, or Vose’s wharf. According to Eaton, Knox erected a large store which was managed by…"
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825
"Currently, this is the site of the Lyman Morse Boatbuilding Co. wharf, east of the Wadsworth Street bridge."
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
