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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop

"Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop Former site of Knox's wharf This 1946 inage shows the area at the foot of Wadsworth Street where…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - John Mooney, Presque Isle, ca. 1910

"… "John Mooney #303 ca 1910." Mooney was a blacksmith in Presque Isle. The title written on the image is "On Their Way To The Mooseleuk Minstrels."…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Kids at the quarry

"… even got to get their hands dirty as they excavated for artifacts near where the blacksmith was once located! Quarry Exhibit Slideshow"

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Iron Foundry

"The Hallowell Cotton Mill had a blacksmith shop located on site with the Cotton Mill. Even though they had a blacksmith on site, they needed…"

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Wilson Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Natural Resource to Finished Product

"… modeling and sculpture studio, carpenter's shop, blacksmith's shop, stable, wagon house, storehouse, boiler-house with stack and a rail siding."

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Camden-Rockport Historical Society

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Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"… era no services were in more demand than those of blacksmith, wheelwright and carpenter. A carriage-making concern was a mainstay of the local…"

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Monmouth Museum

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

"Blacksmith Oliver Matthews, Thomaston, MaineThomaston Historical Society Many tradesmen were needed to support such industry."

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Bridgton Historical Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"Blacksmith shops, ships’ chandlers, block makers and sawmills lined the south side of Water Street, while the north side was lined with houses of…"

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Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society

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L'Heritage Vivant Living Heritage

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Maine Granite Industry Historical Society

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Hampden Historical Society

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"Spooner Millinery T.D. Phillebrown Blacksmith James Collins “ A. Spooner Painter I.L. Tripp Lumber Dealer A. Jordan “ “ W. Pratt Shingle Mfg. Col."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"True's blacksmith shopCumberland Historical Society Village centers began to develop where inhabitants could go to acquire goods or services—at…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"… stand, two dry goods stores, four stables, three blacksmiths, three building contractors, three plumbers, one masonry contractor, three granite…"

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Historic Hallowell - Carvers and Quarrymen

"The cutters and blacksmiths in the city joined the national Granite Cutters Union in 1888. The quarrymen and engineers later joined the Quarrymen's…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"He developed this idea while working as a blacksmith in Waterville. When he was little, Alvin used to make little inventions for fun."

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Kennebunkport Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"Blacksmith shops, huge derricks, and boiler houses to run the steam drills sprang up on the hill. Quarry rails from the quarry dock to the…"