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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks Wreck of the Sagamore, Scarborough, 1934Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Shipwrecks…"

Maine Maritime Museum

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… Scarborough men fished off shore on commercial vessels at the Banks or in recent years, aboard draggers, trawlers or gill-netting vessels, most…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… merchant, he was also a farmer, owner of trading vessels and a town justice. The King home, built across from the marsh, was originally a one-story…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"A smack was a small sailing vessel with an open holding well with holes drilled into it to allow circulation of seawater."

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

"… the night, in what would be Rhode Island’s worst maritime disaster of the 20th century, the Larchmont was hit by a coal-hauling schooner, the Harry…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"As the Revenue Cutter Service, the maritime law enforcement arm of the Treasury Department, morphed into the U."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… the sea and its close proximity to the Canadian Maritimes have shaped its destiny – from trade and fishing in the early years, through the…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Coasting vessels transported the island’s lumber, and the fishing business began to expand. A view of the original Henry Knox mansion, Montpelier…"

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

"This vessel could transport seven to eight vehicles, opening up a new era of island history. The ferry service operates out of Bass Harbor for…"

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

"… commissioned in 1882, and was one of the largest vessels in the fishing fleet. In 1894, a steamboat company contracted to bring a daily mail run…"

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"1890Hubbard Free Library In A Maritime History of Bath and the Kennebec River Region, William Avery Baker pointed out that ..."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Coasting Law of 1789

"… Society The "Act for Registering and Clearing Vessels, Regulating the Coasting Trade, and for Other Purposes" (often shortened to the "Coasting…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Library 1800 – 1850 1804 – 1830 • Twenty vessels launched from Lubec shipyards 1804 • First schooner, Hope, built at Seward’s Neck by Capt."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… landlubbers generally thought the flat bottomed vessel was safer. The Lubec and Campobello locals, seasoned by the sea and its vagaries, had no…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"The waterfront was very busy with vessels carrying construction materials arriving daily. As a result of the expansion a telephone line, bridge over…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"… of a man seated on a bench on a faux beach with a maritime scene behind him, complete with a sailing vessel and a lighthouse."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"During those years, over 50 vessels were built in Surry, including 15 schooners, 5 barks and ten brigs."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… press rejoiced, with one editor writing that "a vessel may go from Portland to Savannah without being under any necessity to enter and clear"…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"… inevitably rises at the sight of such a small vessel, such a quiet man, going so far away with so little fuss." MacMillan connected Wiscasset to…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"… symbolizes the importance of agricultural and maritime activities to the state’s economy in the nineteenth century."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… was converted to a warship and was the first vessel sunk in the war by German submarines in 1917. Ryder's Cove Wharf, Islesboro, c."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… such as potatoes back to Boston on the same vessels. The first regular packet (small sailing craft) line was established in 1859 between Islesboro…"