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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"… Section 2: Six Steps in Producing Smoked Herring: 1990 and 1896 Sluicing the herring into wooden tanks."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"Miller Family Smokehouse, LubecLubec Historical Society Herring horse: Another important artifact not in the collection of Lubec Landmarks, for…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"… as Lubec had been Lubec, and even before, smoking herring for markets away had been a leading industry with many ups and downs."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"McCurdy Herring Smokehouse Part I: How They Smoked Herring in Lubec Section 1: A Traditional Process in Traditional Buildings McCurdy…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 2 of 3

"Lorin Herring turned over his half of Herring Brothers to his son Stephen Herring at his retirement."

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Lubec would become the national leader in smoked herring production. Smokehouses and the many brush weirs that supplied herring lined the shore."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"Became national leader in smoked herring production into 1880s 1824 • Solomon Cushing conducts survey of town of Lubec • Freemasons opened lodge 1830…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… mainstay fishery industry in the area, smoking herring. They were a natural resource that supplied tasty fast food, the means of employment and the…"