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Ship Samuel Watts, Rounding the Beacon, Thomaston, Maine 1970

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Building Boom, early 19th century

"… of all types were on the rise – lime quarrying, brickmaking, shipbuilding, export and import shipping, carpentry and trading."

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Brick from Montpelier, Thomaston, 1794

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Brick Works

"… Cyrus Eaton, Knox “went largely into the brickmaking business, near the water below the upper wharf” and his wastebook clearly demonstrates that…"