Maine Memory Network

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

"… Coasting Law of 1789 required that merchant ships port and register at each non-adjacent state as a way to raise port revenue."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ship Captains

"Agry met Reed when he was forced to port during a severe storm at the mouth of the Kennebec River. In 1801, Agry moved with his new wife to Hallowell."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Shipbuilding in Biddeford: Lore, Leaders, and Legacy

"… of Biddeford and Pepperelborough, as one port” of entry. This also determined “To the district of Biddeford and Pepperelborough shall be annexed…"

Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"After the British burned and destroyed Portland’s merchant fleet in 1775, trade from that port was diverted to Dunstan Landing."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… was to house the Collector of Customs for the Port of Bath and the United States Post Office. The job of the Customs Collector was to collect taxes…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… service to Mount Desert Island had just one port of call: Southwest Harbor. That changed when store and innkeeper Tobias Roberts built a simple…"

Historic Hallowell - Joppa

"… the sailors who came in on ships from foreign ports. One night sailors from Joppa, near Jerusalem, where involved in a riot in the vicinity and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Georges Valley High School

"George, Port Clyde, Tenants Harbor, and Thomaston. The mission of the district is “Excellence in Education,” and Georges Valley High School strives…"

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

"He chose the town as the departure port on many of his voyages to the Arctic and Subarctic. The departures were festive occasions."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"1946Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Port-of-Maine Airport After the blackout restrictions of World War II were lifted, the Port-of-Maine…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… as well as Clerk of Common Pleas for the Port of Plymouth, Justice of Peace for Plymouth, and Deputy Collector for Port of Boston."

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"… steamer was built in 1902 in New York for the Port Chester service. Then it was purchased for the use at Bath to help the smaller Hockomock ferry."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"… in constant danger of being detained in southern ports or running blockades to be destroyed at sea by Confederate gunboats."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"… visiting dignitaries, and international ships in port. The extremely popular “Indian Village,” hosted by members by members of the Wabanaki…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"… shipyards downriver to Thomaston, which became the more active of the two ports. <-Prev. Page .................................. Next Page->"

Maine Maritime Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"This is where he stored the ice that he had harvested in the hull of his ship and then sold the ice at other ports for a profit."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"This is where he stored the ice that he had harvested in the hull of his ship and then sold the ice at other ports for a profit."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"A second airport, the Port-of-Maine Airport, opened after World War II at a site off Pleasant Hill Road."

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"… only four or five of them ever left a Maine port to go on a whaling voyage. In William A. Bakers book, “A Maritime History of Bath, Maine, and the…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… Boston, North Yarmouth, Salem, Portland, East Port, Witheren Falmouth, Fowler Salisbury, Perkins Boston, Cape Ann, Thomaston, and Newburyport."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Atticus: A Fugitive Slave

"Once the ship pulled into port in East Thomaston, Maine, Kelleran took Atticus to his farm on Brooklyn Heights, where the fugitive reportedly worked…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… of Thomaston, well known in all principal trading ports of the world. By 1777, Thomaston had incorporated and included, until 1848, the towns of…"