Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"12 Mar. 2011. Webber, Sumner A. “Wharfs.” E-mail to Brittany M. Briggs. 28 Apr. 2011. Briggs, Bob. Around Hallowell."

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…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"In 1853 they built the steamship wharf at the point and talked the Eastern Steamship Company into establishing service."

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

"… cutting sheds and a machine shop erected on their wharf. The late Robert Slaven, descendant of previous owners of the Chase quarry on Wood Point…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"Sometimes the barges were towed away from the wharf by a pulley and cable set into a small rocky island, Ringbolt Ledge, till they could safely get…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… built and a share in Wheeler’s mills and the Long Wharf, located at the end of Elm Street East which went out into the mouth of the Souadabscook…"

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

"… daily stream of people gather at the steamboat wharf to collect the mail, visit the shops, travel, or just see people."

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."

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

"Perspectives on Labor Old Gun Rock Can Shop, Lubec, ca. 1900Lubec Historical Society This can shop on Water Street was part of the Gun Rock…"

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…"