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Thomaston Bank, Stereo View, Thomaston, ca. 1865

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"Paine did an extensive business in the lumber trade between here and Liverpool and other foreign ports, his ships returning with salt, coal, dry…"

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Eastport Ferry at Dock, Lubec, 1910

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… was not possible due to the lack of suitable docking space. All Lubec freight and passengers had to be transported across the bay to Eastport to…"

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'Melissa Trask,' 1884

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"A steamboat even docked at Steamboat Wharf on Contention Cove. Started in 1839, the village shipyard was located at the present day town landing."

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Map of Cobscook Bay Area, 1881

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Ferry Lubec at Dock, Lubec, ca. 1935Lubec Memorial Library Due to increases in retail activity, fishing and fish processing employment…"