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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825 Site of Vose's Wharf, Thomaston, Maine 2009Thomaston Historical Society Philip Hanson arrived from…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Paine House

"He built wharves on the river and had a very successful shipping business for several years. He carried on a successful trade in a store on the site…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Brick Works

"… the area of Broad Street and India Street, replacing decaying wharves; and the Dover Street Bridge between Boston and South Boston opened in 1805."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"… available place on the bridges custom house wharves tops of store houses vessels boats rafts vessels masts were litterally jamed." The canoes were…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… of lime and trading at Limestone Hill and the wharves at the river. Sloops were built, making regular trips to Boston to transport lime, staves and…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"Hampden merchants maintained wharves, warehouses, and retail stores on Summer Street, all necessary related to the buying and selling of goods…"

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

"… canneries, lumber and coal businesses out on the wharves. Among them, close to where School Street came down to meet Water Street a bit left of the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"Later, wharves were constructed at Ryder’s Cove, Hewes Point, Smith’s Landing and, by 1891, at Dark Harbor."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"They disembarked at the wharves on Peters’ Point or Parker Point where they might be met by horse-drawn carriages to take them up Tenney Hill to…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… shop, a schoolhouse, a boarding house and two wharves, where, for a time, loads of coal and pulp wood waited for the freighters to arrive."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… their businesses; cleared trees; built dwellings, wharves and stores; and returned to the pursuit of their lucrative border trade."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Wharves were built at several points on the island for the convenience of these steamers and the islanders."

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

"… canneries, smokehouses, and other businesses on wharves grew up. Lubec sardine industry, ca. 1950Maine Historical Society The industry began…"