Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"Margaret Chase Smith Ferry, ca. 2000Islesboro Historical Society On December 1, 1987, a new ferry, the Margaret Chase Smith was put into service."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Governor Brann Ferry, Islesboro, ca. 1940Islesboro Historical Society Very soon, islanders saw the need for a boat that could transport several cars…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Holiday Events

"… the 1960-1980s there were lobster bakes at the ferry terminal as part of the Fourth of July celebrations."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

""Sunbeam" as a car ferry, Swan's Island, ca. 1960Swan's Island Historical Society The Seawind, run by Fred Thomas and George Stanley, departed…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"This was the Islesboro’s second wharf following the commercial wharf built next to the lime kiln in Pripet."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"… Island at seven in the morning from the Quarry Wharf in Minturn, stopped at nearby Frenchboro, then McKinley (now known as Bass Harbor, on Mount…"

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

"Sometimes the barges were towed away from the wharf by a pulley and cable set into a small rocky island, Ringbolt Ledge, till they could safely get…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"Spurling’s Wharf on the Atlantic side was a factory that baited trawlers coming into Mackerel Cove. Swan’s Island fishermen worked hard and were…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… daily stream of people gather at the steamboat wharf to collect the mail, visit the shops, travel, or just see people."

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

"Adams, who owned a store at the head of the ferry wharf; R.H. Bangs, a North Lubec merchant; W.B. Cottle, the proprietor of Merchants Hotel; M.M."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… Streets welcomed visitors who arrived via the ferry wharf at the camera’s rear. Click on the picture then read the text telling of the portion of…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2

"The wharf was located on Water Street. Wharfs were used for launching boats off of a ramp. The boats that were launched from the wharf would…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"… usual functional location, out at the end of the wharf on long pilings, on the right in Van Riper’s photograph."

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"… Queen Contestants The contestants met at the town wharf before the ball for a photo op. Susie is third from the right."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"… Pike’s photograph of many of them outdoors on the wharf on a rainy day is helpful to give idea of how many carts were needed."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2

"… were vibrant neighborhoods, wharfs and even a ferry to Chelsea! Hallowell viewed from Butternut Park, Chelsea, ca."

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

"This was done on the wharf or in an open area on the first floor of a cannery, as shown in this photograph in the collections of the Maine Historical…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… through Ellsworth connected to a new Mount Desert ferry terminal. From there it was just a short ride to Bar Harbor by steamboat or canoe."

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"… for the use at Bath to help the smaller Hockomock ferry. Thomas Coss was the first to captain of the Governor King."

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"Chelsea Ferry work cited page Historical Hollowell. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Harris, Larry. Logging Tools. n.d. 11 Apr."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"And a train stop was created at Mount Desert Ferry, in Frenchman Bay, from which a steamer ran to Bar Harbor."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"This system of automobile and train ferries continued until the Carlton Bridge was built at the south end of downtown in 1927."