Keywords: lower Knox Street
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Business District - 1857 to 1880
"… business section at the intersection of Main and Knox Streets, followed by the Singer Block in 1869, and the Levensaler Block on the southern side…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825
"… to the wharves and stores on the lower bank on Knox Street (Fort Wharf), where he established a shipyard."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative
"… from England to establish a trading post on lower Wadsworth Street, specifically for trading with the Wawenock, Tarratine and Penobscot Indians."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857
"Chapman and Flint laid out a new yard on the Narrows (a narrowing of the river northwest of the Wadsworth Street bridge) near John Paine’s original…"
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846
"The Knox Hotel, a wood structure with a stable, and Thomaston Bank, housed in a granite building, joined several small dry goods stores."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740
"… was located at the southeastern side of lower Knox Street, currently the site of the Lyman Morse Boatbuilding Company."
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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2
"The people that lived in Joppa were lower class and middle class. The people that lived by the water were lower class."
