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Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"Bath was incorporated as a town in 1781 while Maine was still part of Massachusetts. The community, beginning to grow rapidly, decided to become a…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… the son of William King, the first governor of Maine. Before 1852 , King's home was at the site of the Customs House."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"… and peaked in the late 1900s, when Mainers shipped a million tons of ice south every year. The crews would cut pond ice into two-by-four-foot slabs…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… become the biggest and most successful hotel in Maine for the year of 1849. In the later years of the hotel, there were a few different businesses…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"To a crow bar To bailing a cittle (kettle) for ship To iron work for Sett’s Mills To mending a chain To repairing an ax for ship Sally To repairing a…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The British seized ships in the harbor and burned eight. Selectmen Patten and Bradbury, fearing that the British would burn their village, negotiated…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… a bit of a wanderer, went to sea on a whaling ship that sailed around Cape Horn. He settled in California where he transported freight up the…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"… that would fit inside each other for ease of shipping. Later Mr. Bartlett bought out Mr. Jenkins and Jenkins went to Kingfield and built another…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… bodies were dug up, placed in five caskets, then shipped by train to the Maine School for the Feeble-Minded where they were re-buried."

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…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… entire batch was dusted with cornstarch so, when shipping, the gum didn't stick to the paper wrapping."

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"… DESCO, stated that, “None of us wanted to see the ship go down, but we can not, and will not, stand for mediocrity.” Thus, the Johnson business was…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"Ships were sent down to Boston to collect even more clothes. All the cloth was then transported to the Crosby Paper Mill in Hampden, Maine."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… intended to link New York with Canada and, via ships, to Europe. It would be the final step in the transcontinental railroad, linking Halifax to…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… produced carnations and snapdragons that were shipped by rail to markets in Boston and Bangor. The business ran from 1927-1959, operated…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"Shipping the Christmas tree, Presque Isle, 1959Presque Isle Historical Society The tree is loaded onto a truck."

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

"Even one of Knox’s ships was named the Quicklime. A letter from Knox to his foreman William Howe Wiggen, dated January 15, 1805 and quoted in Eaton…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"… near Walnut Hill village were used to build ships in Yarmouth’s harbor; farms produced crops that were sold in the village and village merchants…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… the principal breeds kept, and many eggs were shipped for hatching. Shaw Bros. poultry business, established in 1895 at the old Shaw homestead at…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… store-rooms for the large amount of goods shipped over this road is every day becoming more of a necessity, and we believe the time is not far…"

Historic Hallowell - Natural Resource to Finished Product

"… 6x8 inches, sold for 20 cents apiece and were shipped out in 50-60 ton quantities. The overhead walk at the top of the photo connected the office…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The "Edward O'Brien", the "Washington B. Thomas", & "Edna Hoyt"

"Her captain was forced to sell his ship and return home, thus ending the saga of Thomaston’s famed wooden ships. <-Prev."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… giant, made crucial to Maine's lumber and shipping economy by its location on the Penobscot River."