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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - -Across the Sea- a history through transportation

"-Across the Sea- a history through transportation Text by Kate Webber Images from the Swan's Island Historical Society Four men line fishing…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures

"Summer Pleasures Dale Stockbridge and Galen Turner, Swan's Island, ca. 1965Swan's Island Historical Society Playing at the beach, Swan's…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts

"Women's Firsts Text by Candis Joyce Photos courtesy of the Swan's Island Historical Society As in many rural towns and villages, island women’s…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Playing at the pond

"Playing at the pond Although Baird's Quarry was kept drained during its working seasons, once operations closed down for the winter it was always…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - History Detectives

"History Detectives Native American artifact presentation Special guest Barbara Francis teaches the History Detectives club about uses of Native…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"The Tea Room Clevie and Mary Trask, Swan's Island, ca. 1940Swan's Island Historical Society 253 Harbor Road is now known best as the popular…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry Waiting for the first ferry run, Swan's Island, 1960Swan's Island Historical Society The William S."

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

"Exhibits Staples brothers waiting for the bus, Swan's Island, ca. 1955Swan's Island Historical Society In creating our exhibits, especially…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 2 of 17

"Biddeford and Saco were well known for ice harvesting, granite cutting, and cotton textile manufacturing."

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"… established after the Civil War, was the granite industry. For over 50 years, it employed close to 500 skilled stone cutters and sculptors, many of…"

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"Ship's Caulking Tool KitDavistown Museum Early shipbuilding in Hallowell was quite different from modern shipbuilding today because of the tools…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"The current building is made of brick on a granite foundation and is notable for its granite pillars, mansard roof, and elaborate dormers."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 4 of 17

"… Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco X Granite quarries became more popular in Biddeford during the Civil War."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilders, Sailors and Whaling Men

"His son, E.G. Pierce, built many fine ships on the Kennebec, and another son, Eben, in 1865 invented one of the deadliest whaling weapons ever…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"It is brick with a granite foundation. Sagadahock National Bank, Bath, ca. 1876 Maine Maritime Museum Before the Lincoln Bank was built in…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"Russ believes the "blank" above was for a ship of at least 150 tons. The largest ship launched at the City Wharf Shipyard in the 1850's was in excess…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… of ridges underlain by resistant bedrock such as granite, and valleys where the bedrock was more easily eroded."

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec

"… schooners and steamboats, hazardous ice cutting, shipping, whaling, and also the waterfront. This exhibit was created in 2011 by the 7th Grade…"

Historic Hallowell - Transportation

"Once the ship was at the dock, the cotton was brought up to the mill by horse and wagon. When the cotton was shipped out, they were brought to other…"

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

"… various industries, including ice harvesting and granite quarrying. Ice cutting would become an important industry, and remained so until the turn…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2

"… that was on the Kennebec is like a dock where ships could come and go. The wharf was located on Water Street."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… Block had gable roofs and walls made out of granite, brick, terra-cotta, dentil moldings and soldier bricks."

Historic Hallowell - Joppa

"… was very popular with the sailors who came in on ships from foreign ports. One night sailors from Joppa, near Jerusalem, where involved in a riot…"

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"Although whaling ships were built here and used in Massachusetts, only four or five of them ever left a Maine port to go on a whaling voyage."