Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"Gentle slopes led down to the deep and sheltered channels on tidal waterways. Timbers could be laid down on the shores for ships and then easily…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"… Full Steam Ahead." Maine News, Weather, Sports Channel 6 NBC Portland | WCSH6.com | Portland, ME. Web. 6 Apr. 2010."

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

"… been landed the Cumberland staggered across the channel to the Atlantic Works, where she will be repaired."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"The Lubec Channel Light was commissioned in 1890. Shipwrecks led to the construction of a lifesaving station at Carrying Place Cove in 1874."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… period (7,500 -6,500 years ago) include full channeled gouges and early forms of pecked and ground stone axes some of which were found along the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… voice was equally as good, and Amanda then channeled her energy into Lillian’s career. Amanda and her daughters worked at menial jobs to support…"

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

"… ice-breakers are being constructed in the channel of the river a few rods above the bridge, which will smash the ice-cakes into such small…"