Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Picnic, Fort Point Light, and Fort Pownal, 1865

"… drew a full-page illustration of Excursion Wharf, Fort Pownal, Fort Point Light in Stockton Springs, and a picnic that he and his wife and children…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"George (the area later known as Fort Wharf), the fort was located at the southeastern side of lower Knox Street, currently the site of the Lyman…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"… and stores on the lower bank on Knox Street (Fort Wharf), where he established a shipyard. Montpelier still stood on the hill overlooking the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"… own wharf along the Saco River, known as Quarry Wharf or Andrews Wharf. From "Romance of Pepperell" (1921) X The textile manufacture industry…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… mansion built in 1793-94 at the former site of Fort Wharf for Major General Henry Knox. Knox, commander of the American artillery in the…"

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

"Chapman and Flint laid out a new yard on the Narrows (a narrowing of the river northwest of the Wadsworth Street bridge) near John Paine’s original…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… century lime kilns were operating near the old Fort Wharf, located at the base of Knox Street, near where the Knox mansion had stood."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Fort Pownall now guarded the entrance to the Penobscot Valley; stalwart and hardy settlers began to settle where the two rivers met."