Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Site Navigation Tips

"Site Navigation Tips "Representing every particular" is an introduction to John Martin and the five volumes of his writings and illustrations…"

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"… with capable officers and crews, established a Navigation School at the Academy to teach advanced mathematics to boys who wished to pursue careers…"

Life on a Tidal River - Welcome

"… situated at the head of the Penobscot River’s navigable waters. Bangor has, from its beginnings, been the “center” of Maine in many ways."

Blue Hill, Maine - Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!

"… Hill – named by early explorers – has served as a navigational landmark since the early days of coastal exploration."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts

"… women regularly held positions as postmistresses, navigators, shopkeepers, and family business managers, while their husbands earned the wages that…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations

"These and many smaller ones as well can be seen in the text of each of the volumes. Keys to the drawings appear there. Use the navigation at left to…"

Historic Hallowell - Meeting at Koussinok

"… the ocean, when they reached the last point of navigation on the Kennebec, the rapids in Augusta that marked the “head of tide,” they came at last…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2

"… was also on the waterfront and was the head of navigation for all large vessels. Mr. Page’s Ice House was also located on the waterfront for easy…"

Life on a Tidal River - Doughty Students

"… historian at the Bangor Public Library, helped us navigate the world of cataloging and research! Bangor Public Library Historian Mr."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Shipbuilding in Biddeford: Lore, Leaders, and Legacy

"The fine bay and the wide, navigable river were all that was needed to encourage this development. During the first Congress in 1789 “An Act to…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… but Captain George Waymouth, an early English navigator, renamed the river the Georges—often interchanged with the St."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"… being built in Thomaston, English ships were navigating the George's River to reach the dense inland forests."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Early navigators petitioned for protection from the treacherous scarred precipice as they entered the tidal bore maelstrom of the Lubec Narrows."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"… Biddeford's coastal location and partially navigable river meant that it was noticed quite early by Europeans."

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3

"… early settlers in Downeast Maine were proficient navigators; they had to be, especially since this section of the Maine coast is very rocky, and…"

Friends of Wood Island Light

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"… details about the content of each section, use navigation at left.   Part 1, to page 29 Horse racing, plans of gates, 1866 Democratic…"

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"The steamboat was owned by the Penobscot Navigation Company. William Moor and his brother Daniel Moor Jr. navigated the first steamboat."

Penobscot Marine Museum

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Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… tontine buildings, canals, land speculations, navigation, agricultural societies, India trade, turnpikes, physics, brick machines etc., bridges…"

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"The Vaughan Stream was hard to navigate because of its small size. But one way that people used the Vaughan Stream was for power."

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

"It was difficult to navigate larger ships, especially those carrying long masts, through the “meanderings” of the waterway, so a straight ditch was…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"Navigation at the left of the page also leads to those sections and offers more detail about the content of each."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… pilot, and Brice Goldsboro who was in charge of navigation. Grayson would do some of the flying as well."