Maine Memory Network

Davistown Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Ship Parts

"Webber, Sr., an individual partner Ship hulls were built from trees in the forests of the Hallowell area in Maine."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… smaller crews and built with larger and deeper hulls, greatly affected their desirability for successful world trade."

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"… schooner rig on a flat-bottomed, blunt-ended scow hull, was popular in North America for coastal and river transport."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 5 of 5

"W., William M. Sargent, Leonard Bond Chapman, and E. C. Bowler. “Book II, Fol. 113, 114.” York Deeds. Portland: John T. Hull, 1887."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"… a fire broke out in a cranberry bog outside Hulls Cove. Though the fire was slow moving at first, the winds whipped up and it exploded out of…"

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"A Shipwright's Tool was used in attaching the hull planking to frame timbers. It consisted of a sturdy, wooden rod tapered at both ends."

Ste. Agathe Historical Society

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Friendship Museum

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"It was launched as a hull in 1847 and was to be floated to Portland for final fitting out, but the ship was beached in a gale after it left the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… returning to England in order to load their hulls with masts from the local forests for the King’s fleet of ships back in England, and trade…"

Acadia National Park

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… Company’s freighter Sagamore punctured its hull when it struck Corwin Rock off the eastern end of Prouts Neck."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… he stored the ice that he had harvested in the hull of his ship and then sold the ice at other ports for a profit. The Knickerbocker Ice Co."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… he stored the ice that he had harvested in the hull of his ship and then sold the ice at other ports for a profit. The Knickerbocker Ice Co."

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"A white oak hulled ship; it displaced more than 1,600 tons, boasting three deck levels and two masts."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Steamboats with iron hulls replaced wooden sailing vessels. Reinforced concrete decreased the demand for granite."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… Summer Dance Center and Summer Dance School in Hulls Cove. Some of the most influential dancers and choreographers of the century traveled to the…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… boys having survived the winter on cow’s milk, hulled corn, boiled wheat, and roasted potatoes. In September of 1806 Mrs. Robert Herring Jr."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… with a growing shift from wooden ships to metal hulls, threatened the foundation of Bath’s economy."