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Historic Hallowell - Ship Parts

"Masts were made of really tall and perfectly straight trees. Masts took quite a bit of time, almost two years, until they were ready to be put on a…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"To construct the mast, they would get large wood and make a long and thick, pole-like object and then put smaller lengths of wood crossing the mast…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Shipbuilding in Biddeford: Lore, Leaders, and Legacy

"… in Biddeford: Lore, Leaders, and Legacy 3-masted schooner towed by tug boat in Saco River, ca."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"… tops of store houses vessels boats rafts vessels masts were litterally jamed." The canoes were labeled on each side with names Civil War-related…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"Sparmakers fashioned masts, booms and yardarms. Blocks and tackle (the running rigging and gear used to work the sails of the boat) were configured…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"Sometimes as many as 10 three-masted schooners were lined up, waiting for stone. Stone from the island was used in buildings all over the country."

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"Three-masted "terns" were a favorite rig of Canada's Maritime Provinces. The scow schooner, which used a schooner rig on a flat-bottomed, blunt-ended…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Shipyards

"… were pressed into service to build the four mast schooner Katherine May. The Boston & Bangor Steamboat Company (1834-1935) serviced a steamboat…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"… were transported back to England for use as masts in the King’s ships. Captain George Waymouth arrived in 1605 and left a cross where the river…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"… long straight trees that were good for building masts, so the map makers did not want the French to find these trees if they needed masts during…"

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

"… much of it with tall pines ideally suited for masts and straight boards for the ships of the King’s Royal Navy."

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

"Thomas The Washington B. Thomas was a five-masted schooner of a type called a fore-and-after. A fore-and-after schooner was extremely economical…"

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

"The wooden four-masted barkentine was built in 1919/1920 by Dunn and Elliot as a coal carrier. In 1928 when coal was eliminated as a cargo item, the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The "Edward O'Brien", the "Washington B. Thomas", & "Edna Hoyt"

"… last large schooner built in Thomaston was the 5-masted “Edna Hoyt,” built in 1920 at a cost of $280,000 by Dunn and Elliot Company."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… were pressed into service to build the four mast schooner Katherine May. The Boston and Bangor Steamboat Company (1834-1935) serviced a steamboat…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… to England in order to load their hulls with masts from the local forests for the King’s fleet of ships back in England, and trade continued…"

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… Society From the coveted tall pine for ships' masts to the coastal cedar for shingles, Maine's forest land has been the source of the raw materials…"

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

"… first half of the nineteenth century were three-masted barks and full-rigged ships but most were two-masted brigs and schooners for the coastal…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… were pressed into service to build the four mast schooner Katherine May. The Boston and Bangor Steamboat Company (1834-1935) serviced a steamboat…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"… Partially submerged boxcars alongside a double-masted ship on the Penobscot River during the Bangor flood of March 20, 1902.Bangor Public Library…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… 1,600 tons, boasting three deck levels and two masts. The 1,000-horsepower engine was capable of a speed of up to 12 knots."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"… pine, an ideal wood with many uses was used for masts for ships, lobster traps, and lumber for houses."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Chebacco boats were larger, two-masted vessels. These boats were after cod and haddock, the only marketable fish at the time."