Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"The scow schooner, which used a schooner rig on a flat-bottomed, blunt-ended scow hull, was popular in North America for coastal and river transport."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"… a mackerel seiner and was the captain of several schooners. Mackerel fishing declined in the late 1800s, and Smith may have turned to shopkeeping…"

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

"Early fishing schooner, ca. 1870Swan's Island Historical Society With the best timber harvested, men turned to the sea for their livelihood rather…"

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec

"… famous Hallowell sea captains, the history of schooners and steamboats, hazardous ice cutting, shipping, whaling, and also the waterfront."

Historic Hallowell - Captains and Their Ships

"What you will find under Schooners, Steamers, Ships, and Tankers: Two informational pieces total, one being on the Henry Reed ship."

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."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Shipyards

"Shipyards The schooner Victory, Hampden, circa 1898Hampden Historical Society Text by Karyn Field The Penobscot River was very important to…"

Historic Hallowell - Transportation Challenge

"The Hallowell Granite works had two large schooners named the Jeremiah T. Smith and the Edward H. Smith. The Jeremiah T."

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."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Shipping

"… major ships that he had built in Thomaston: the schooner Montpelier (named for his mansion), built in 1803 by H."

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

"Schooner "Edna Hoyt" Thomaston, ca. 1920,Thomaston Historical Society The last large schooner built in Thomaston was the 5-masted “Edna Hoyt,” built…"

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"The name of this ship was the Lively, which weighed 102-tons. “Those that stayed with the schooner until 10 October 1852 went to their deaths”, says…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The schooner Dispatch built in 1793 is recorded as the first ship built in one of Hampden’s four shipyards."

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…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"Around 1861 the first two schooners specially equipped for carrying ice, were loaded in the Saco River with ice cut during the long winter and sent…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - General Henry Knox Museum

"Summer teacher institute on the historic schooner Bowdoin X Montpelier is open for guided tours Memorial Day weekend through Columbus Day Tuesday…"

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

"… vessels launched, ranging in size from pinkies to schooners and barges to full-rigged ships called Down Easters."

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

"… Lore, Leaders, and Legacy 3-masted schooner towed by tug boat in Saco River, ca. 1910McArthur Public Library Shipyard stamp, Co."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"Wiscasset's Arctic Connection Schooner Bowdoin, backing off the pier, Wiscasset, 1926 View the Wiscasset's Arctic Connection Slide Show Text…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII Fishing and shipbuilding led the state of Maine into its “Golden Economic Age” in the 1850s, as…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!

"Welcome to Swan's Island! Burnt Coat Harbor X Swan's Island, a six mile ferry ride out of Bass Harbor in Mount Desert Island, is the current…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry

"Baird's Quarry Swan's Island granite was quarried at sites around the island, providing work for many laborers and the businesses that supported…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Student genealogy

"Student genealogy Fritz Johnson, Swan's Island, ca. 1925Swan's Island Historical Society As members of a small island school, many of Swan's…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs Left with no reliable connection to the mainland and few secure sources…"