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Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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

"… the cans in another section of the cannery, “bathing” the sealed cans in boiling water, and finally testing the cans for leaks, all work carried…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… of pleasant summer houses.” Front page, Bath Independent and Enterprise, 1903. In this context, the Malaga mixed-race community was viewed as a…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"They made sweat baths or lodges, by heating stones in a cold lodge until very hot, and then cooling them to create steam."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… legislators including those from Woolwich and Bath, towns near Malaga, and Phippsburg, the home of Malaga."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early 1800s

"The Honorable William King of Bath, who owned the Knox Wharf at the foot of Wadsworth Street, the Limestone Hill quarry and other valuable property…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"… time, it had eight rooms, four bedrooms and one bath. It was heated by oil and an old-fashioned wood stove despite the two fireplaces, and has 14…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Still others went to work in shipyards in Bath and South Portland and to other states. With a population of approximately 500, Surry contributed…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… produce the steel for the ships and engines, and Bath emerged as the only Maine shipbuilding center to successfully make the transition from wooden…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"Sometime in the winter of 1841 the cables came to Bath, Maine. That spring they were loaded on a schooner for Hallowell. Col."