Maine Memory Network

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

"… were also able to support industries such as a cannery, several fish factories both fresh and for salting, blacksmiths, coopers, a medicinal fish…"

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

"Was everyone working in fishing or fish processing? S: Yes, in the factories, and at the can plant … and then, when they couldn’t do that, that’s why…"

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

"… to have their youngest members work in the canneries; thus, his comment about the Lawrence cannery photo above."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Library Due to increases in retail activity, fishing and fish processing employment opportunities, shipping and farming, Lubec’s population grew…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"… was densely crowded with smokehouses, sardine canneries, lumber and coal businesses out on the wharves."

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

"Other canneries used “unsoaked” clams, as “soaked” clams lost not only color, but flavor. Pine Point clam diggers sold many bushels of clams to…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"… operation by buying equipment from a defunct corn cannery. The original brand name was Ossipee, but Snow soon began using his family name."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"The Underwood cannery opened in Southwest Harbor in 1850. Lobster was its main product. Though men did most of the heavy lifting at the factory…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"In 1880 young William set up a fish cannery in Southwest Harbor and oversaw the operation for two decades."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Jones. It was located at the east end of the Center bridge and was there for nearly 50 years. Six to eight canneries operated in Farmington Falls…"