Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… specializing in groceries, hardware and ship chandler's supplies. In Dark Harbor, Williams Brothers operated a large grocery store featuring fancy…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 362-451

"… from the business, joining Pendleton & Ross, ship chandlers, and their business difficulties. Among the people mentioned are: Albert Wiggin Rinaldo…"

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

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

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

"Blacksmith shops, ships’ chandlers, block makers and sawmills lined the south side of Water Street, while the north side was lined with houses of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Pendleton & Ross stand, Bangor, 1864

"… and shopkeeper, worked for Pendleton & Ross ship chandlers beginning in 1854. Martin wrote that Pendleton & Ross was "the largest and finest…"

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

"They established business as blockmakers and ship chandlers at Paine’s wharf, near the Narrows on the George's River, an area below the prison site."

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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"According to Inspector Jim Chandler, sand and stone for the concrete abutment, piers and superstructure on the Canadian end of the bridge came from…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… the timber, and to blacksmiths, carpenters, ship-chandlers and other suppliers of materials needed to construct the yards and vessels."