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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - U.S. Flagship Hartford

"… Historical Society Works Cited "Farragut's Fleet." 01 May 2009…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"… Rustic to Rusticators Northeast Harbor Fleet Race, ca. 1930Great Harbor Maritime Museum In 1761, Abraham Somes moved his family to Mt."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"In 1879 the Swan’s Island fleet landed 15 thousand barrels of mackerel selling at $5 each. In 1881 three of the ten most successful boats of the New…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"… by a photographer named Goodwin shows the fishing fleet in the harbor with the village beyond. More site specific are five images that document…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"Lumber and fish were bought and sold; fishing fleets sailed to the Grand Banks fishing grounds; and ships sailed to England, the West Indies and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… their excess to vessels in the Grand Banks fleet and other fishing areas. Clams were shucked (meat cut from the shell), salted, and barreled in…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"… Bangor to behold such a large city with its vast fleet of vessels, steamers and cars, everything that my eyes beheld was a continual panorama of a…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"… voters of Guilford approved the purchase of a new fleet of school buses. A few years later, the voters also approved the construction of a bus…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… and was one of the largest vessels in the fishing fleet. In 1894, a steamboat company contracted to bring a daily mail run from Rockland, and in…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… us glad, in the days now gone before; May your fleet winged-feet beat the music sweet of a well won race once more."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"All thirty-nine ships in the American fleet were either captured, burned or scuttled. The Penobscot Expedition, as it came to be known, remained the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… of international trade and therefore of maritime fleets. Many of those ships were built in Bath. In 1854, at the peak of this boom period, at least…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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