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

"The shipyard and the seaport ceased to exist. Boat Building: Lobster Boats and Skiffs Dory with Twin Girls, Scarborough, ca."

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

"… wrecked in June 1903 only sixty days after its launch at Watts Shipyard in Thomaston. According to Peter Dow Bachelder in his book Ships and…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"… first public ferry boat, the Governor Brann, was launched in Rockland, Maine, in May of 1936. The Brann was 65 feet long, had a beam of 27 feet…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Timeline of Events

"… is held at the Scarborough Public Library to launch the year-long MCHP initiative; Over 60 people are in attendance Larissa Vigue Picard, MCHP…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"… this way until the fifties, when the Soviet Union launched the first spacecraft. At this point, the government insisted that the school curriculums…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… months prompted some local entrepreneurs to launch business ventures, which were helpful for survival and personal comfort to island families."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The Governor Brann was launched at I.L. Snow Company shipyard in Rockland, Maine at 10 A.M on May 19, 1936."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… around 10:30 at night, there would be lobster boat lights flashing all along the Neck and the boats would come in, off-load liquor, and load it…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2

"Wharfs were used for launching boats off of a ramp. The boats that were launched from the wharf would occasionally transfer passengers from one place…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"The following year he launched the schooner “Wessaweskeag”, the schooner “Quantabacook” and a brig of an unknown name."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"… Denise Doherty, and Sue Souliere Saco River Launches about 1910 - 1915McArthur Public Library The defining characteristic of Biddeford is the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Edward O'Brien moves to Thomaston - 1850s

"… waterfront has seen over 1,000 vessels launched, ranging in size from pinkies to schooners and barges to full-rigged ships called Down Easters. The…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"Gray Boats, Newbert & Wallace, Crowell and Thurlow, Atlantic Coast Company, and Edward T. Gamage were active shipyards in the 20th century with…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"Launching On The LakeStrong Historical Society Lying on the eastern boundary between Strong and New Vineyard, Porter Lake has an area of 527 acres…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"Carrey. Her time in Surry was the launching point of her career and she went on to work on Broadway, in television and in movies."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… telephone line, bridge over the canal and a steam launch, named The Gold Bug, were constructed. Map of Klondike Plant #2 This map showing the…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… library got computers for public use, and a boat launch was installed on the Piscataquis River. In 1992, Pride Manufacturing’s purchase of the…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… John McBride Shipyard, located on Water Street, launched a number of schooners and barkentines in the 1860s and '70s. Among them were the Lizzie B."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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