Keywords: Tidal power industry
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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative
"A ceramics industry met with initial success, and the boot and shoe industry continued to be viable for many more years."
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"In 1898 Lubec’s tidal power and isolated location led to the birth of another industry – The Electrolytic Marine Salts Company, "Klondike” -- the…"
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"Jeremiah Fowler employed 125 men. Operated by tidal power; later by steam 1850 • Census – population 3,000 • Three post offices – Lubec, W. Lubec, N."
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4
"… and 1700s lobsters were easily harvested from tidal pools along the shoreline. So plentiful were lobsters that Native-Americans used them for crop…"
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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head
"The First Lighthouse Eileen Fitzpatrick X Then as now knowing people in power provides clout. Revolutionary War hero Col."
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements
"There was also a small coal wharf, a store and a tidal-powered grist mill on the creek. Coal was a very necessary commodity for heating, once most of…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4
"… in Blue Hill Falls, mills were powered by the tidal currents alternately flooding and emptying the Salt Pond."