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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2

"… that was on the Kennebec is like a dock where ships could come and go. The wharf was located on Water Street."

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."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… at Monhegan, Captain Waymouth re-anchored his ship Archangel off the islands at the base of the St."

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…"

Lincoln, Maine - Pulp mill, Lincoln, 1915 - Page 1 of 2

"… The conveyor in the foreground was used to ship pulp wood from Lincoln to the Brewer Mill in 1915 because the river drive stopped in Lincoln."

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

"… and Aroostook Railroad refrigerator cars for shipping potatoes. Cement blocks were manufactured in the small building on the left."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"… onto boats in the deep water of Somes Sound and shipped to cities along the Atlantic Coast.Mount Desert Island Historical Society Eventually…"

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."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"… Street lost its luster as restaurants, department stores and professional offices were replaced by second-hand shops, convenience stores or empty…"

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

"… Public Library Andrews & Horigan Grocery Store, Biddeford, 1899McArthur Public Library While most immigrants were drawn to the area to work…"

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

"The First Store in Stockholm Company Store, StockholmStockholm Historical Society In November 1900 Lewis and John Anderson came to Stockholm…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"… in Biddeford during these years and had a large store until he removed from the area in 1796. There was no customs collector on the Saco River…"

Rumford Area Historical Society

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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…"

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…"

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

"… were built along the river, and the harvest was stored packed in hay as well as sawdust, which would have been available in quantity from the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3

"Citroens came from France so they had to be shipped overseas. The Citroens were very small. I remember one time one of the guys I worked with parked…"

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

"Lubec stores seemed primitive by comparison. This dependence on Eastport for goods and transportation did not sit well with Lubec’s merchants and a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"… was needed to plant, cultivate, harvest, and ship potato products. During the late 1800s and the early 1900s Presque Isle and many Aroostook County…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"Tons and tons of ice was shipped south during the later half of the 19th century. Forty-two ice houses like “Ice Mania”, covered the shores of the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 278-361

"… Charles Wiggin Rinaldo Wiggin Pendleton & Ross Ship Chandlers Rufus Wiggin Bob Cram Hannah Emery Ellen Benson Clara Cary Z."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… were 13 shipbuilders in Blue Hill, along with 8 shipping merchants, 5 ship joiners, 3 blacksmiths (who fashioned the iron fittings), 1 rigger, 1…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… Lumbering, fisheries, agriculture, shipbuilding, shipping and quarrying provided the livelihoods for most coastal Maine residents."