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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"The South Smokehouse in the photograph may be similar to the larger smokehouses of the sort Hall saw, for even in the 1890s, there were a few of this…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"Other smokehouses went out of business years before and the buildings were taken down. Today, McCurdy’s Herring Smokehouse is an historic site…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"… Herring Smokehouse Part II: A Little Museum of Smokehouse Tools and Implements Dip nets at McCurdy's Smokehouse, LubecLubec Landmarks When…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"“Handing up” in the smokehouse Frank Van Riper, photo X The work in the smokehouse was demanding and required much of that accumulated…"

Lubec Landmarks

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Lubec, Maine - Exhibits

"… the Syndicate and Labor McCurdy Herring Smokehouse The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen Klondike: Lubec's Gold…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… • Census results – 1,430 population 1821 • Twenty smokehouses operating in Lubec – produced 50 to 60 thousand boxes of fish annually."

South Bristol Historical Society

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Early Industry At this time there were 20 smokehouses in Lubec producing 50 to 60 thousand boxes of fish annually, bringing employment and…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… industry, and a working landscape of canneries, smokehouses, and other businesses on wharves grew up. Lubec sardine industry, ca."