Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"George’s River Anthoensen Press, Portland, ME, Printer 1950 Beckett, Bradley A History of Thomaston, Maine for Young Readers Lakeside Printing…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… Gas and Electric company, and the New England Ship Building Company. Galen C. Moses was born August 30, 1835 and died on Monday, April 19, 1915."

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

"… at the mouth of the Saco River and Union forts at Portland Harbor. There is Biddeford granite in the Lincoln monument in Springfield, Illinois and…"

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"Hallowell’s ship-owning merchants, anxious to protect their investments by manning their vessels with capable officers and crews, established a…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Jefferson initiated an embargo on overseas shipping which only served to further anger border communities."

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

"… that the lines of clothing, hardware, shoes, and ship chandlery were the best east of Bangor. Lubec stores seemed primitive by comparison."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"There are records of many ships built between 1793 and 1872, when the completion of the schooner Isabel marked the end of Hampden’s shipbuilding days…"

Cumberland Historical Society

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

"John Patten was the President of The Portland and Kennebec Railroad. John Patten had the idea and was also was the main builder for this project of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… up Spies and Baldwins (apples) from others and shipped them by the carload to Boston." From there they were "sent to England and sold at top…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"Churchill of Portland was the lead architect. The Opera House had its grand opening in September of 1913."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… Fassett, a Bath native born in 1823, died in Portland in 1908. Fassett who was the architect for the Church Block, also designed the Courthouse …"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… 1775 • Machias residents capture British ship Margaretta in the first naval battle of War of Independence 1777 • John Allan appointed…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Moses came to Bath from Portland in 1826 to pursue the tinsmith trade. He created the Bath Iron Foundry on the west side of Front Street, directly…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"He also owned a ferry business that went from Portland to South Portland until 1896. He was even in the silver and coal mining business in Maine."

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…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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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…"

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."