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

"… own wharf along the Saco River, known as Quarry Wharf or Andrews Wharf. From "Romance of Pepperell" (1921) X The textile manufacture industry…"

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Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"… Queen Contestants The contestants met at the town wharf before the ball for a photo op. Susie is third from the right."

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

"… two-and-a-half-story federal-styled home and a wharf on the river at a section, referred to the Narrows, to dock his trading vessels."

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

"The Darling’s Blue Hill Granite Company had a wharf at the present site of the Kollegewidgwok Yacht Club."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"To the south, at Union Wharf, King sold property to William Ledyard and Asa Palmer for $300 in 1806."

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"A steamboat even docked at Steamboat Wharf on Contention Cove. Started in 1839, the village shipyard was located at the present day town landing."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Dark Harbor Wharf, Islesboro, 1917Islesboro Historical Society By the mid-1800s, steamboats were used to transport passengers and freight to the…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… in Long Reach and built his yard and the first wharf in town at the foot of Federal Street, an area now covered by Bath Iron Works (BIW), north of…"

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

"This was done on the wharf or in an open area on the first floor of a cannery, as shown in this photograph in the collections of the Maine Historical…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Soon wharfs, booms, and mills lined the Penobscot and Kenduskeag Rivers. In response to this economic phenomenon, the population of the town began to…"