Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"… Transportation Text by David Thibodeau Ship Compass, Islesboro, ca. 1940Islesboro Historical Society SInce arriving in the 18th century…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… containing dilapidated buildings left over from ship-building days, was purchased but improvement was delayed while the city debated a 1959…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"Surplus produce was shipped via rail to Augusta for use in other state institutions. This led to the purchase of a prison farm in nearby Warren, run…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"Not defeated, however, they missed only three shipping days and quickly rallied, working non-stop for several weeks until full operations were…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"Shipbuilding Sign with Ship, Thomaston, Maine 2009Thomaston Historical Society Text by Margaret McCrea."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… Captain William Patten was part of the important, ship building Patten family. These people are important because their businesses lasted so long…"

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"Ship's Caulking Tool KitDavistown Museum Early shipbuilding in Hallowell was quite different from modern shipbuilding today because of the tools…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"Thomaston ships made regular runs between England and the south in the cotton export trade and, as a result of close business associations, many…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Loading ice, Presque Isle Stream, 1946

"Cement blocks were manufactured in the small building on the left. Joe Gagnon purchased the ice operation from Cecil McCready in 1946 and ran the…"

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

"… shipbuilders, credited with building at least two ships. General Henry Knox built coasters as early as 1796, according to Eaton, but no records of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"… of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950 The large ships had short life expectancies, being driven hard and fast by their masters."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"… joiner, who arrived from Waldoboro to build first ships and then houses. Overlock left a legacy of stately Italianate structures, shaping the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… local projects – logging, lime burning, canals, ship building and brick making all over what was then Lincoln County."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"By the time 1904 came they were shipping two cars of product each week. The company also ran a starch factory from 1904 though 1909."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… a law requiring the taxing of real estate for the building of school houses, and repairing the same in districts where they are situated, and the…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"… large amounts of wood products and potatoes were shipped off to new markets in the south. A second rail line, the Aroostook Valley Rail Road (AVR)…"

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…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilders, Sailors and Whaling Men

"… who soon realized that all you needed to build ships on the Kennebec was a stand of timber, a sloping bank and a little good water."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"They would get giant logs to put in their ships and huge quantities of cloth for the masts and sails."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"On the map, the buildings on the property were an engine house and two other houses that were owned by J."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Student Exhibits

"… Block Merchants' Row Old Town Hall and Grant Building The Patten Free Library The Railroad Station Sagadahoc Block and Sagadahock House The…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"In the process of erecting this building, a few buildings were torn down. Included in the demolition was the Davenport family home, the birth-place…"

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…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"The building was purchased from SREA by Ken Young. As of 2009, Stephen Elie owned the building, according to Bath Tax Records."