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Dunn and Elliot's Sail Loft, Thomaston, Maine 2008

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"… Down Easters, a practical replacement for the clipper ships. With the coming of steam-driven vessels, sailing vessels underwent a change of design…"

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Men carrying a whale fin, Ragged Island, 1927

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"The name of this ship was the Lively, which weighed 102-tons. “Those that stayed with the schooner until 10 October 1852 went to their deaths”, says…"

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Captain John W. Kane, Blue Hill, ca. 1900

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

"… years of age and worked his way up to commanding clipper ships carrying gold prospectors from New York to California, cotton from India to England…"